About

We're building the intelligent document processing platform for UK businesses facing complex regulatory requirements. Our mission is to transform document chaos into clean, actionable data—freeing you to focus on growth, not data entry.

Kognisense is a document processing platform built in Edinburgh, Scotland. We focus on doing one thing exceptionally well: extracting structured data from unstructured documents using AI.

Our ESG compliance solution for UK Food SMEs is our flagship application, but it represents just one use case of our broader document processing capabilities. Whether it's invoices, receipts, utility bills, or regulatory forms, Kognisense transforms document chaos into clean, actionable data.

What We Do

At our core, we're AI engineers obsessed with document understanding. Our platform uses advanced machine learning models (powered by AWS Bedrock) to:

• Extract key data points from PDFs, images, Excel files, and scanned documents
• Validate extracted data with confidence scores
• Generate audit-ready reports in formats required by regulators
• Maintain complete data lineage from source document to final output

Why We Built Kognisense

We saw UK businesses drowning in manual data entry. Compliance teams spending weeks copying numbers from invoices into spreadsheets. Small businesses losing retailer contracts because they couldn't afford dedicated ESG analysts.

We knew AI could solve this. But most AI solutions are black boxes. We built Kognisenseto be transparent, verifiable, and audit-ready. Every extraction includes a confidence score. Every report shows its source documents. Every piece of data stays in the UK.

Our Approach to Document Processing

Kognisense is designed around three core principles:

• Accuracy First: We provide confidence scores for every extraction, flag low-confidence items for human review, and maintain audit trails showing how each data point was derived.
• UK Compliance Built-In: From SECR to GHG Protocol to FRC standards, we understand UK regulatory requirements and build them into our platform—not as an afterthought, but as core features.
• Privacy by Design: UK data residency isn't a checkbox for us—it's fundamental. Every architectural decision prioritizes data privacy and security.

The Technology Behind Kognisense

We leverage AWS Bedrock's state-of-the-art AI models, but we don't stop there. Our platform adds:

• Custom validation layers tuned for UK regulatory documents
• Confidence scoring to identify extraction uncertainty
• Data lineage tracking from source document to final output
• VPC isolation ensuring your data never mingles with other customers
• Zero use of customer data for training public AI models

Beyond ESG: The Future of Kognisense

While ESG compliance is our current focus, we're building a platform that can handle any document processing challenge:

• Financial statement consolidation
• Supply chain documentation management
• Expense reporting and invoice processing
• Regulatory filings for other industries (healthcare, finance, property)

Our founding partners will shape this roadmap. If you have document processing challenges beyond ESG, we want to hear from you.

Our Values

• Data Privacy First: UK data residency, VPC isolation, no AI training on your data. Your proprietary information stays yours.
• Accuracy & Transparency: Confidence scores, human review workflows, and complete audit trails. No black boxes.
• Built for UK Standards: SECR, FRC, GHG Protocol compliance isn't bolted on—it's baked into our platform architecture.
• Customer Success: Our Edinburgh-based support team understands UK regulations. We're not just a software provider—we're your compliance partner.

Built in Edinburgh for UK Businesses

As a Scotland-based company, we understand the unique challenges facing UK businesses: post-Brexit regulatory complexity, increasing ESG mandates, and the pressure to do more with limited resources.

That's why we're committed to keeping our development, support, and data infrastructure in the UK. When you work with Kognisense, you're working with a team that understands your regulatory environment—because we operate in it too.