Echology is a software company that builds simulation-aware intelligence tools. We believe AI should understand documents the way engineers do — structurally, precisely, and with full accountability.
The Problem
Every firm — engineering, legal, financial, construction — drowns in documents. Specs, contracts, reports, submittals, change orders. Thousands per project. Millions per firm.
Existing AI tools treat documents as flat text. They dump content into a context window and hope for the best. But documents have structure — authority levels, risk classifications, legal obligations, cross-references, numerical precision requirements. Flat text loses all of that.
Echology builds tools that understand that structure. Our simulation-aware architecture doesn't just read documents — it decomposes them into classified semantic units, verifies claims against known standards, and produces auditable intelligence.
Principles
Your data stays on your hardware. No cloud. No API keys. No data leaving the building. This isn't a feature — it's a requirement for firms that handle privileged, ITAR-controlled, or client-confidential content.
Our systems don't just process — they model. Causal graphs explain every classification. Multi-channel verification catches errors. Merkle trees make outputs tamper-evident. Attention budgets allocate compute where it matters. Every decision is logged, explainable, and auditable.
AI is powerful but unpredictable. We use AI for classification and reasoning, but wrap it in deterministic systems — hash-chained audit trails, regex-based authority detection, schema validation. The output is reproducible and defensible.
Our users are engineers, PMs, and principals at firms that build bridges, hospitals, and power plants. They need tools that are accurate, accountable, and auditable. Not chatbots — intelligence infrastructure.
Company
Echology, Inc. was founded by Kyle Vines. Based in Charleston, South Carolina.