Causal world models for adaptive industrial process control

AI THAT
KNOWS
WHY.

Find causal interventions to optimize raw material, energy, productivity and quality — even across competing objectives.

Live mechanism monitor
Causal structure stable
Raw material↓ reduce
Energy↓ reduce
Quality↑ improve
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End-to-end platform

FROM RAW DATA
TO CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL.

Causian connects industrial data sources into a high-speed time-series foundation, predicts hard-to-measure lab values, and carries that intelligence through causal reasoning to adaptive automatic control.

One continuous AI process.
01 / DATA
Industrial
data foundation
Historian
Sensors
MES
DCS
Lab
CSV / API
Events
Quality
Setpoints
Any source becomes speedily accessible, synchronized time-series data for analysis and control.
02 / PREDICT
Lab-value
prediction
Lab signalpredicted
Process contextonline
Infer slow or sparse laboratory measurements from live process behavior to close information gaps.
03 / UNDERSTAND
Causal world
model
Represent cause and effect — not just correlation — across process mechanisms and constraints.
04 / ACT
Intervention
logic
The AI evaluates countless interventions and identifies the actions that best improve the objectives while respecting operating constraints.
05 / ADAPT
Online
adaptation
The AI detects which mechanism changed, adapts it online and automatically replans.
06 / CONTROL
Closed-loop
production control
SenseActLearnPlan AUTO
CONTROL
Move from decision support to automatic production-line control within defined operating and safety limits.
Why Causal

UPON PROCESS
CHANGES, STATISTICAL
PREDICTION
FALLS SHORT.

A prediction error tells you the model is wrong. It does not tell you which mechanism changed — or which intervention still works now.

Statistical predictionSignal drift
Error increases

The model detects that observed behavior diverges from the forecast — but the error remains a scalar symptom.

Causal AdaptationMechanism adaptation
RAW MAT.TEMP.STEAM SPEEDMOISTUREQUALITY
Changed mechanism isolated → local adaptation → intervention replanned

The causal structure localizes what changed, updates the relevant mechanism, and recomputes the action under current constraints.

From insight to control

FROM UNDERSTANDING
TO AUTONOMOUS CONTROL.

Causian operates the full feedback loop: observing the process, understanding causal state, evaluating interventions, acting, measuring the result and adapting online.

01

Observe

Live and historical process signals enter the Causian data foundation.

02

Understand

The causal world model represents current mechanisms, state and constraints.

03

Intervene

Candidate actions are simulated and translated into operator or automatic control.

04

Adapt

Outcome feedback identifies mechanism change and updates the plan online.

INDUSTRIAL
PROCESS
closed-loop production control
Energy optimize
Raw material optimize
Quality constrain
Throughput constrain
Start with proof

FIND THE VALUE IN YOUR PROCESS
IN 5 DAYS.

Provide historical process data, the controllable variables and their operating ranges, and the optimization objective. Within 5 working days, we will provide a quantified estimate of the value Causian's control approach could create.

Input
Historical process data
Process historytime series
Controllablesvariables
Operating rangeslimits + step sizes
Optimization objectivetarget
5
working days
Free of charge
From receipt of usable data, controllables, operating ranges and the optimization objective.
Output
Quantified value hypothesis
Raw material
Energy
Productivity
Quality
Request your value assessment

UNLOCK HIDDEN VALUE
IN YOUR PROCESS.

Start with a short scoping call. We align on the available historical data, controllable variables and their ranges, and the objective you want to improve. If the data fit is sufficient, the 5-day value assessment starts.

By submitting this form, you acknowledge our . We use your details only to respond to your request and evaluate a potential commercial engagement.
Next step: short scoping call → data-fit check → 5-day value assessment.
Your request will be sent securely to Causian.
Team

BUILT BY PEOPLE
WHO ALREADY SCALED
DEEP TECH.

The scientific foundation behind commercially deployed causal AI, industrial sales and deep-tech company building.

Jörn Spurmann
Jörn Spurmann
CEO
Co-founded and operated Rocket Factory Augsburg beyond engineering and production, building the company and commercial engine, helping reshape Europe’s launch market and securing major institutional programs while reaching profitability.
Dr. Christian Paleani
Dr. Christian Paleani
Chief AI Scientist
Christian Paleani is a theoretical physicist and mathematician with a PhD in mathematics from LMU Munich, where he worked at the intersection of string theory and differential geometry. For more than a decade, he has combined original mathematical research with the development of causal-AI methods for industrial optimization. As Causian’s co-founder and Chief AI Scientist, he leads the development of adaptive causal world models.
Chris Larmour
Chris Larmour
CCO
Serial entrepreneur and INSEAD MBA with a track record across high-tech startups, turnarounds and private-equity-backed companies, including six successful exits. He later founded and scaled Orbex as CEO, combining company building, commercial strategy and institutional business development.