Neural Forge

Forging intelligence,
empowering humanity.

Applied ML & Data Science Research

Intelligence that solves real problems

We build ML systems grounded in data and validated by research. From satellite imagery to archival documents, we work where the data is messy and the impact is tangible.

Machine Learning Research

Deep learning for environmental prediction, terrain analysis, and document understanding. From data collection to deployed inference.

Data Engineering

Multi-source pipelines processing satellite imagery, LiDAR scans, climate reanalysis, and archival records into structured features.

Applied Infrastructure

GPU clusters, Kubernetes orchestration, and MLOps pipelines. We build and operate the infrastructure our models need.

Active projects

01

Tutela Ignis

Wildfire Prediction System

Phase 0 Complete

Domain: Environmental ML / Climate Science

Multi-source wildfire prediction for continental Portugal. Ensemble deep learning combining satellite imagery, weather reanalysis, terrain features, and 25 years of historical fire data to forecast risk across a 1km grid.

PythonTensorFlowCNN-LSTMXGBoostFastAPIPostGISPolarsCelery
10data sources
35features
84tests passing
02

Earthbenders

LiDAR Terrain Analysis Platform

Active Development

Domain: Geospatial ML / Remote Sensing

Draw a polygon on the map, get 26 terrain analysis products back. LiDAR-powered pipeline processing Portuguese DGT data at 50cm and 2m resolution into elevation models, hydrology maps, landform classifications, and suitability analyses.

PythonFastAPIGDALWhiteboxToolsReactMapLibrePostGISCeleryAzure Blob
26spatial products
50cmLiDAR resolution
13services
03

Digital Archive AI

Document Intelligence Pipeline

Functional Prototype

Domain: Document AI / NLP / Computer Vision

AI-powered curation of archival records. Five-stage Airflow pipeline: OCR, layout analysis, named entity recognition, LLM-driven metadata enrichment, and multi-vector indexing. 11 distinct ML models orchestrated across GPU VRAM profiles.

PythonAirflowPyTorchQwen3PaddleOCRQdrantFastAPIStreamlitLangGraph
11ML models
5pipeline DAGs
114tests passing
04

Government AI Infrastructure

Public Sector AI Services Cluster

Production

Domain: MLOps / Infrastructure

End-to-end AI infrastructure for a Portuguese municipality. Kubernetes cluster with GitOps automation, conversational AI avatar for public service, and speech processing pipeline. Production-grade MLOps for local government.

k3sFlux CDAnsibleDockerGitLab CIMkDocs
3AI services
4languages
99%availability
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10+ML models deployed
26Spatial products
35Engineered features
280+Automated tests

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