Custom AI for your business

Trained on data you already have

We train expert models for your business using the messy operational data you already have.
No manual labeling required.

Trusted by enterprise, government, and startups

Better results

Train compact models that know your domain and beat frontier AI on your use case.

Cheaper inference

Run smaller models at a fraction of frontier-model cost.

Deploy securely

Deploy in your cloud or ours, with models trained for your data and workflows.

From messy data to your own expert model

Lightning Rod turns messy timestamped data into standardized RL training environments. We handle data preparation, training, evaluation, and deployment. Train specialized models to run your workflows or power your products—in your cloud or ours.

Your business data

The history you already have

PREDICTVERIFYLEARN

Standardized RL Training

Real outcomes. No manual labeling.

your-model

Will this deal close this quarter?

Unlikely—I'd put it at 38%. Legal is stalled1, with no reply in three weeks2

Your expert model

In your cloud or ours

With Future-as-Label, real-world outcomes provide the feedback models need to learn—no manual labeling required. Models learn which signals predict outcomes in your business.

Proven against frontier AI.

Our platform trains compact models that outperform frontier AI—from forecasting world events to predicting business risks.

Mar–Jul 2026Foresight

World-class forecasting

Foresight models have reached Superforecaster range on ForecastBench and 1st place on ProphetArena—all on a single GPU.

2026Domain experts

Proven across domains

Our domain-expert models have outperformed frontier models across use cases, from clinical outcomes to supply chain.

Jul 2026Spotlight

Cutting edge research

Our Future-as-Label method was awarded one of 10 spotlights at ICML’s AI Forecasting Workshop.

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Trusted by enterprise, government, and startups.

We got back 10,000 high-quality, citable QA pairs in hours — we were fine-tuning the next day.

Joe Phongpreecha
Joe Phongpreecha
Co-founder & CEO, Takeoff 41

Lightning Rod is the only solution that turns messy sources into high-quality, verified training data.

Ross Koenig
Ross Koenig
Chief Data Officer, Shore Capital Partners

Thousands of high-confidence Q&A pairs in an incredibly short time — something that would have taken our team weeks manually.

BB Chen
BB Chen
Co-founder, CareTie

We went from idea to deployment in a single sprint. Without this, we would have been stuck in a proof-of-concept loop for months.

Paul Alexander
Paul Alexander
CTO, Caremaze

10,000 labeled examples that we immediately put to work in our eval pipeline, teleporting us weeks ahead.

Andrew Becker
Andrew Becker
CEO, InPolicy.ai

Incredibly easy way to generate high-quality datasets from public sources.

Adam Goldenberg
Adam Goldenberg
CEO, Fabletics
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