Applied-AI software, Salt Lake City, U.S. patent pending

AI built to work underneath the systems you already run.

We build software designed to make existing systems more effective and the people using them better at their work. It works from evidence and says when there isn't enough.

The systems you already run, with Stella Maris underneath.

/01What we believe

Our bet: judgment plus AI beats AI alone.

The systems a company runs on often took years to get right. We think AI belongs underneath them, making them more effective. Tearing them out to make room for AI is usually the wrong trade.

We also think the person matters more than the model: someone with taste, judgment and authenticity, working with AI, will always beat AI on its own. We expect that to hold as AI gets better.

So we build AI to help people and the companies they work for, and to make each person's strengths count for more. We won't build it to replace people.

/02Principles

What our software will and won't do

Plain statements about how our software behaves and how we build it.

  1. It starts from evidence

    Outputs are grounded in evidence from a person's own real work.

  2. Thin evidence gets called thin

    When there isn't enough to go on, the software says so and names what's missing, instead of guessing with confidence it hasn't earned.

  3. We measure our own error rates

    The weak ones too.

  4. Coaching is for the person

    The software is built to help someone get better at their own work. It isn't built to surveil them.

  5. People lead

    The AI works for the person using it. It makes suggestions. People make the calls.

/03What we've built

Technology we built and own

Our core technology works from evidence in a person's real work and turns it into guidance they can act on. It's meant to sit underneath the tools and workflows a company has in place.

We designed it for people who won't take software at its word.

U.S. patent pending

/04About

About Stella Maris

Stella Maris is an applied-AI software company in Salt Lake City, Utah, established in 2026.

We build and license our own software. U.S. patent pending.

Stella Maris means “Star of the Sea,” the fixed light sailors have steered by for centuries, when the night closes in and the water turns against them.

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/05Contact

Bring your hard questions

Book an hour on video or send a short note, and we'll walk through how the software behaves, including where it falls short. If you're passing this along to your technical lead, they're welcome on the call.

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