The governed data layer under every AI answer
The SphereIQ Data Platform unifies structured and unstructured data, applies semantic context, and enforces policy-driven governance in one place — then serves it to Knowledge AI, Engram, Comply AI, and any application that needs it. One layer, one set of permissions, one audit trail.
Retrieval Engine — production throughput, low latency
Context Layer — semantic meaning, not keyword matching
Decision Rules — policy-driven, explainable, auditable
Universal Connectors — on-prem, multi-cloud, hybrid
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One platform. Four building blocks.
Most enterprises already have data, an LLM, and good intentions. What's missing is the layer that connects them without losing meaning, permissions, or an audit trail along the way.
Retrieval Engine
Context Layer
Decision Rules
Universal Connectors
Retrieval Engine
The production-grade core: fast retrieval, low latency, and reliable throughput under real concurrent load — not a demo-scale vector search that falls over at 50 users.
Context Layer
Semantic enrichment that adds meaning, relationships, and intent on top of raw text and records — so retrieval finds what a document means, not just what it says.
Decision Rules
Policy-driven, explainable outcomes. Business rules that produce deterministic, compliance-ready decisions with a full audit trail behind every one.
Universal Connectors
Secure integration across on-premises systems, multi-cloud, and hybrid environments — plus native MCP support for custom and proprietary sources.
How it works
From raw source to governed answer in four steps.
Connect
Structured and unstructured sources — databases, document repositories, SaaS systems — connect through native or MCP-based connectors. Access rules sync on connection, not at query time.
Enrich
Data is chunked, embedded, and tagged with semantic metadata: entities, relationships, provenance, and lineage. Structured and unstructured records share one context model.
Govern
Fine-grained permissions and business rules are enforced at the data layer itself, not bolted on downstream. Every access and every decision writes to an immutable audit log.
Serve
One governed layer feeds Knowledge AI, Engram, Comply AI, and any custom application over API or MCP — with the same permissions, the same lineage, every time.
One connection, one context model, one governance layer — read by every SphereIQ module and any application you build on top of it.
Capabilities
What the Data Platform does, specifically.
Structured + unstructured, unified
Databases, documents, and SaaS records live in one governed layer instead of a dozen disconnected silos each with their own access model.
Governance enforced at the data layer
Fine-grained permissions are checked where the data lives, not re-implemented in every application that queries it.
Semantic context & metadata
Entities, relationships, and intent are captured once and reused by every downstream module — Knowledge AI, Engram, and beyond.
RAG-ready vector store
A production pgvector-backed index built to reduce hallucinations, with retrieval quality tuned for enterprise document estates.
Business rules engine
Deterministic, explainable decisions for regulated workflows — the same rule produces the same outcome, every time, with a reason attached.
Lineage, provenance & audit trails
Every record traces back to its source system, every transformation is logged, every access is attributable to a user.
Multi-cloud & hybrid connectors
On-premises, AWS, Azure, GCP, or a mix — the platform meets data where it already lives instead of forcing a migration first.
MCP-native integration
Custom and proprietary systems connect through the Model Context Protocol, the same standard SphereIQ uses across its module suite.
Self-hosted deployment option
Docker Compose on your own infrastructure, with an air-gapped path available for federal, defence, and healthcare workloads.
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Built for regulated data estates
The same architecture underneath every SphereIQ module: self-hosted by default, permission-aware by design, and audit-ready without extra tooling.
Self-hosted by default
Runs inside your perimeter. Air-gapped deployment is available where regulation requires it.
Immutable audit log
Every query, every connector sync, every rule evaluation is written to an append-only log. Evidence export is one click.
PII detection at ingestion
Records containing personal data are flagged and access-restricted before they enter the index, not after.
Permission inheritance, not flattening
Every source system's access rules travel with the data. A public chatbot flattens entitlements; this platform never does.
Use Cases for a Governed Data Layer
How teams use the Data Platform once every module reads from the same governed source.
Knowledge Discovery & Enterprise Search
A tier-1 asset manager searches 14 years of fund documentation through the same governed layer that feeds Knowledge AI — cutting disclosure-clause lookups from 40 minutes to 9 seconds, with every result permission-filtered.
Deep Research & Due Diligence
A private equity research team runs cross-document diligence over data rooms, contracts, and financial models unified in one context layer — collapsing multi-day review cycles into hours.
Regulated Compliance Automation
An insurer runs underwriting exceptions through the Decision Rules engine — every approval, denial, and escalation is deterministic, explainable, and written to the same audit log Comply AI and Bulwark rely on.
Cross-Module Context Sharing
Knowledge AI, Engram, and Comply AI all read from the same Data Platform — so a permission change, a new connector, or a corrected record propagates everywhere at once instead of drifting across five separate pipelines.
Hear from
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Lee Ebreo
VP of Engineering at Credit Ninja
These things would not have been achievable if we did not build our own in-house system and if we did not partner with Sphere to help us achieve our goals.
Selah Ben-Haim
VP of Engineering at Prominence Advisors
Our experience with Sphere and their team has been and continues to be fantastic. We keep throwing new projects at them, and they keep knocking them out of the park (including the rescue of a project that was previously bungled by another vendor).
Ben Crawford
Senior Product Manager at Enova Financial
I would expect to be delighted. It's been a really positive experience, working with Sphere, and I would expect you to have the same.
Mark Friedgan
CEO at CreditNinja
Sphere consistently prioritizes the needs of their clients, demonstrating both agility and teamwork. As an offshore team, they have been an integral part of our organization and we plan to continue growing with them.
René Pfitzner
Co-Founder at Experify
Sphere provided excellent full-stack development manpower to augment our team and help push our product forward. They are easy to work with, tech-savvy and proactive.
Bruce Burdick
Chief Information Officer at Integra Credit
We've been working with Sphere and its excellent consultants since our founding. I've found that they are true partners in the success of our business.
Jemal Swoboda
CEO at Dabble
The resources and developers that Sphere Software provides are skilled and have the required technical expertise, but more importantly, they have helped us build a culture of excellence within our team.
Arthur Tretyak
Founder and CEO at IntegraCredit
With Sphere, we were able to migrate in half the time it would take to train an additional FTE… and for a fraction of the cost. Our experience with Sphere has been exceptional.
Lee Ebreo
VP of Engineering at Credit Ninja
These things would not have been achievable if we did not build our own in-house system and if we did not partner with Sphere to help us achieve our goals.
Selah Ben-Haim
VP of Engineering at Prominence Advisors
Our experience with Sphere and their team has been and continues to be fantastic. We keep throwing new projects at them, and they keep knocking them out of the park (including the rescue of a project that was previously bungled by another vendor).
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