Complex Data, Simplified

HercuLayer helps organizations unlock the value of large-scale data through reliable ingestion, fast and accurate retrieval, intelligent querying, and security by design.

Accurate retrieval over full corpora Security and privacy by design Qualitative analysis in production
Focus

Our specialties

Four problems, taken seriously, in everything we ship.

Large document collections

Ingestion pipelines that turn thousands of pages into structured, queryable records while keeping every link back to the source.

Retrieval and querying

Hybrid search across the full corpus. Answers come from the record itself, and when the record is silent the system says so.

Security first

Access control, PII redaction, and compliance designed into the data model from the start. FERPA and COPPA handled in production today.

Qualitative data

Surveys, interviews, and focus groups turned into analysis you can stand behind, shipped for schools and research teams.

About

A development studio for data that has to be secure and accurate.

HercuLayer designs and builds software for people whose work lives in documents and records: manuscripts, case files, survey responses, transcripts, inventories.

The pattern is the same across everything we make. Ingest carefully, keep one canonical record, retrieve accurately, and protect the data at every step. We believe the best products are built on great software, with AI serving as a helpful assistant rather than the centerpiece.

Portfolio

See some of our work

crimecollab.com
CrimeCollab investigation board connecting people, places, and evidence from case files

CrimeCollab

Investigation

A workspace for true crime research and legal document review. Case files are ingested and resolved into canonical people, places, and evidence. Teams build connections on a shared board, and every suggestion passes peer review before it joins the record.

Entity resolution Redaction Peer review
crimecollab.com
studentstory.ai
Student Story dashboard for collecting and analyzing student voice in schools

Student Story

EdTech

A student voice platform for schools. Surveys and focus groups feed qualitative analysis that administrators can query directly. Built for districts that need clear answers from thousands of open ended responses without losing a single student's words.

Qualitative analysis Surveys K-12
studentstory.ai
studentstory.ai/products/voice-vue
VoiceVue live transcription session with a teacher focus group

VoiceVue

Live transcription

Live transcription and analysis for focus groups and interviews. Supports more than forty languages with automatic translation, live sentiment and tone scoring, and PII redaction that meets FERPA and COPPA requirements. Part of the Student Story platform.

40+ languages PII redaction FERPA / COPPA
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purchandise.com
Purchandise inventory tracker and eBay listing tool for resellers

Purchandise

Commerce

An inventory tracker and eBay lister for resellers. Orders import automatically, items are scanned at pickup so nothing gets left behind, and listings go live in one click with generated titles, descriptions, and categories.

Inventory eBay API Barcode scanning
purchandise.com
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Working with a large body of data?

Complex data doesn't have to be complicated. Tell us what you have, and we'll show you what's possible.