A model of the physical world, scoped to your problem.
Norns.SI™ is our world model: an AI that understands how the physical world behaves. It is built on the multidimensional models we pioneered, and offered for the use case you need, with no other platform required.
The name
Three women at a well.
Under the roots of the world tree there is a well, and beside it sit three Norns: Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld. Their names mean what has become, what is becoming, and what shall be. Every day they take water and clay from the well and spread it on the tree, so it does not rot.
A world model is the same chore done for a plant. A record of what happened, a live picture of now, a forecast of what is likely next. It goes stale unless somebody tends it, so we scope Norns.SI to your problem, which leaves a manageable amount of tree to look after.
Urðr · Verðandi · Skuld/Old Norse: what was, what is becoming, what shall be
Why Norns.SI
One question for each Norn.
A world model answers three questions about the physical world, for the part of it you care about.
Urd
What has happened?
The model remembers. History, maintenance records, past failures, and prior runs are folded into a persistent memory of how your part of the world has behaved.
Verdandi
What is happening now?
The model perceives. Live signals from sensors, cameras, and systems are reconciled into one current state, with honest uncertainty where the data is thin.
Skuld
What will happen if we act?
The model anticipates. It rolls the world forward under different choices, so you can compare outcomes before anything is done to the real thing.
Strands
Multidimensional models, woven into one.
We pioneered the multidimensional models behind Physical AI. Each one, a Strand, captures one dimension of how the physical world behaves. Norns.SI weaves the Strands your problem needs into a single, consistent model.
You get the dimensions that matter to your case, and can add more as your needs grow.
Where
Space
Where things are and how they connect.
What
Matter
What things are made of and how they hold up.
How much
Energy
How energy moves through the system.
How
Motion
How things move and interact.
When
Time
How things change as time passes.
Who
Behaviour
How people and machines act in the space.
Use cases
Scoped to the need, not the other way round.
You do not buy a generic model. We start from the decision you need to make and offer the part of the world model that supports it.
Robotics and automation
A world for robots to learn and be tested in before they meet the real one, with contact, perception, and failure modelled together.
Infrastructure and construction
Bridges, tunnels, and sites modelled from sparse inspections, so condition and risk can be forecast rather than discovered.
Energy and utilities
Plants, grids, and networks represented as one connected system, for planning, dispatch, and resilience under extreme events.
Logistics, ports, and maritime
Flows of goods, vehicles, and vessels simulated end to end, to find the bottleneck before it forms.
Buildings and real estate
Thermal, structural, and occupancy behaviour of buildings, for retrofit decisions and operations that cut energy and cost.
Manufacturing and process
Production lines and processes captured as a model you can query, rehearse changes on, and hand to your own engineers.
Ways to start
Three ways to work with Norns.SI.
Every engagement is shaped around your case, so there is no price list. Tell us about the problem and we will propose the right starting point.
Focus
One use case, the Strands it needs.
The fastest way to a working world model. We scope a single problem, select the Strands that matter, and deliver a model that answers it.
- Scoping workshop with your engineers
- A selected set of Strands for the use case
- Validated against your own data
- Handover your team can operate
Operate
Several use cases, one living model.
The model runs alongside your operation and keeps learning. More Strands and more use cases share one consistent picture of the world.
- Continuous learning from live data
- Drift monitoring and scheduled revalidation
- Additional Strands as needs grow
- Shared model across teams and sites
Scale
A custom portfolio, built with you.
For organisations whose advantage depends on the physics. We co-develop new Strands with your domain experts and extend the portfolio around your world.
- Co-development of new Strands
- Dedicated research and engineering capacity
- Private deployment and hardware planning
- Roadmap shaped with your leadership
Describe the world you need modelled.
Norns.SI is offered by enquiry only. Tell us about the use case and we will reply within two business days, usually with a few scoping questions.
Running a plant and want the full operations platform? That is Bifröst.SI. Norns.SI stands on its own.