The language model
Aletheia
The intelligence foundation: language modelling, context, and CPU inference.
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Get to know Aletheia, Heinrich, and the desktop applications that include local FLORA: FieldLine PDF, FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance. Find practical answers about our products, trials, licensing, research, and the next steps for working with EMPHOS.
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The AI workspace
Heinrich
Projects, conversations, memory, tools, and work you can review.
Understand the workspace →The PDF application
FieldLine PDF
PDF review, markup, and drawing measurement for Windows, with local FLORA.
Explore the application →Schedule planning
FieldLine Planner
Windows scheduling with local FLORA. Level resources stays your command.
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FieldLine Construction
Company-operated construction software. Desktop FLORA does not change the project.
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RightNow Maintenance
Company-operated maintenance. Desktop FLORA does not read company records.
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Company
Start with EMPHOS.
The company, the names, and how the products fit together.
What is EMPHOS Group?
EMPHOS Group Corporation is a founder-led Canadian technology company based in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Founded by Victor Jacob Brodeur, EMPHOS develops intelligent software and practical tools for working with information.
Our work includes Aletheia, our language model; Heinrich, the AI workspace built around it; and four desktop applications with local FLORA: FieldLine PDF, FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance.
How do the EMPHOS products fit together?
Aletheia is the model. It is the underlying language technology. Heinrich is the workspace. It connects that intelligence to projects, conversations, memory, and tools. FieldLine PDF, FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance are separate applications.
Those four Windows desktop applications include FLORA, the FieldLine Offline Reasoning Assistant. FLORA uses a local model on that computer. She is not Aletheia, and she does not call a hosted AI service. Each product has its own purpose, release information, and licence.
You can follow the AI research without needing FieldLine, or use a FieldLine or RightNow application without adopting the Heinrich workspace.
What does the EMPHOS name mean?
EMPHOS brings together Empathy, Mindfulness, Presence, Haven, Operating, and System. These values guide how we build: understand the person doing the work, keep interactions deliberate, preserve user control, and make the software useful in everyday practice.
That means clear actions, readable interfaces, understandable permissions, and continuity between the steps of a task.
Where can I find release and availability information?
Use the relevant product page for its current release details and next steps. FieldLine PDF, FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance each have their own pages. Aletheia and Heinrich have separate model and application programmes. The Heinrich mobile app, Prism, Shield, and infrastructure projects appear in our development roadmap.
The Future page brings those directions together. Meet FLORA explains the local assistant. For a product enquiry or demonstration request, contact EMPHOS with the product you are interested in.
Aletheia & Heinrich
Understand the model and workspace.
Language technology, project continuity, local work, and the mobile direction.
What is Aletheia?
Aletheia is the EMPHOS language model. It processes text as a sequence of tokens and predicts the next token. Its architecture uses a changing field of oscillators to carry context forward.
The research focuses on how that state represents information over time, how the model learns, and how it can run efficiently. Aletheia provides the language intelligence used by Heinrich. FLORA in the FieldLine and RightNow desktop apps is a separate local assistant.
What does Heinrich do?
Heinrich organizes AI-assisted work into projects and conversations. Its workspace brings together local project memory, plans, tools, output checks, and records of actions so a task can move from discussion to a result you can review.
A project can connect a working folder with its permissions and relevant context. The aim is to help you continue real work across sessions, with clear visibility into what the application is doing.
How is the Heinrich workspace different from a chat window?
A chat gives you a place to ask and answer. Heinrich adds a working context around the conversation: a project, relevant files, remembered project information, proposed actions, and resulting documents or other outputs.
A typical workflow is to choose a project, describe the goal, review the proposed work and permissions, then inspect the result and the action record. The conversation remains connected to the work it helped produce.
How do I stay in control of actions and files?
Heinrich is designed around project permissions and approval-gated work. Access to a project folder, a proposed plan, and an action record give you a way to see the scope of a task and review its outcome.
Permissions and available tools depend on the application and deployment. Important actions should have a clear purpose, an appropriate approval step, and a result the user can inspect.
Does Aletheia run locally, and does Heinrich need the internet?
Aletheia uses GPU training and CPU inference. Local inference means the model can generate responses on the computer running it. Heinrich follows a local-first direction, with project state and memory on the user’s machine and cloud services used through explicit approval.
Connected tools, account services, updates, and hosted deployments have their own network requirements. The application’s release and deployment information explains which functions run locally and which connect to a service. FLORA in FieldLine PDF, FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance is a separate local assistant and is described with those products.
Is there a Heinrich mobile app?
The Heinrich mobile app is planned as an extension of the workspace, bringing project updates, conversations, review, and approvals within reach away from the desktop.
The mobile product is called Heinrich. Visit the Heinrich App page for the intended experience and development direction.
FieldLine PDF
Get to know FieldLine PDF.
Professional document work, individual licensing, updates, and training.
What is FieldLine PDF?
FieldLine PDF is our Windows application for PDF review, markup, and calibrated drawing measurement. It brings document work, review comments, and measurement tools into one workspace.
It is built for people working with drawings and technical documents, including individual professionals and people preparing work for clients. The desktop app includes FLORA, a local assistant. She does not edit the PDF.
Do I need Heinrich or Aletheia to use FieldLine PDF?
No. FieldLine PDF is a separate desktop application with its own installer and licence. Its PDF workflow does not require a Heinrich or Aletheia purchase.
The Windows desktop app includes FLORA. She answers on that computer from the installed FieldLine material. FLORA is not a hosted AI service and does not require Heinrich. Optional future cloud or connected services would be separate offerings with their own terms.
Which computers is FieldLine PDF for?
FieldLine PDF is a Windows desktop application. Check the released installer’s requirements for the supported Windows version, processor, and memory before installing.
For a particular computer or deployment, send its Windows version and basic hardware details to FieldLine support.
Can I use FieldLine PDF for business and client work?
Yes. The FieldLine Professional individual licence permits personal and business work, including work delivered to clients. It covers one licensed person on up to three simultaneously activated Windows devices owned or controlled by that person.
An organization can purchase licences for its users. One individual licence does not provide shared use by several people.
Is FieldLine PDF a subscription, and are updates included?
The purchased FieldLine Professional desktop licence is perpetual, with no mandatory desktop subscription or licence-renewal fee. Application updates released by EMPHOS are included without an additional desktop-licence fee.
Local FLORA is part of that desktop application. It is not a subscription AI service. Optional future cloud storage, collaboration, enterprise services, or products for other platforms would have separate offers and are not conditions of the purchased desktop entitlement. FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance have their own licence terms.
Where are the FieldLine course and practice files?
Training is distributed separately from the software. The FieldLine installer and software ZIP do not include the training course or practice files.
Use the training link supplied with the relevant course or release, or ask for the current training materials. Include your application version so we can direct you to the appropriate guide.
Who owns the documents I create in FieldLine?
You retain your rights in your documents, markups, drawings, and other input or output material. Using FieldLine does not transfer ownership of that work to EMPHOS.
FieldLine processes documents locally. A FLORA question stays on the computer unless you later include it in a message or service you choose to send. Licensing, updates, printing, and any services you choose have their own operating requirements. The application’s privacy notice explains its local storage and connected functions.
Planner, Construction & RightNow
Local guidance in the desktop apps.
FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance, and what FLORA does on each computer.
What is FLORA?
FLORA is the FieldLine Offline Reasoning Assistant. The Windows desktop editions of FieldLine PDF, FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance include her. She uses a local Gemma 4 E2B model on that computer.
Questions, guide excerpts, and replies stay on the device. EMPHOS does not receive them, and using FLORA does not retrain the model. FLORA is advisory: you review the answer and make the change yourself.
What is FieldLine Planner?
FieldLine Planner is Windows software for building and reviewing a schedule. You can ask FLORA about tasks, links, calendars, progress, the critical path, and resource capacity. She does not edit the project. Planner chats stay in the guidance window and are not saved with the project.
The published offer is a lifetime planning seat. The FieldLine Planner page shows the current price and what that seat includes.
Can FieldLine Planner level resources?
Yes. Level resources can delay a whole task that has slack. It does not split tasks. You run the command and check the resulting plan.
FLORA can explain that choice. She does not run Level resources or rewrite assignments.
What is FieldLine Construction, and where is FLORA?
FieldLine Construction is company-operated construction software for planning, field records, and commercial coordination. Your organization runs the server. The published packages are a one-time enterprise licence and an enterprise licence with Professional Install. Hosting and work outside the written scope are separate.
FLORA is in the Windows desktop application. She answers from the installed construction guide and does not change the project. Browser access and the mobile apps do not include FLORA.
What is RightNow Maintenance, and what can FLORA see?
RightNow Maintenance is a company-operated property-maintenance system for requests, assignments, photos, time, costs, and repair history. Your organization runs the server. The published packages are a one-time enterprise licence and an enterprise licence with Professional Install.
FLORA is in the Windows desktop application. She answers from the RightNow manual installed with that application. She does not read company maintenance records, and she does not send the conversation to EMPHOS or to the company server. The browser and Android apps do not include FLORA.
Does using FLORA send my question to EMPHOS?
No. FLORA generates the reply on the computer. The question is not sent to EMPHOS or to a hosted AI service for that reply.
Licensing, updates, and features you choose to connect can still use the network. A company server for FieldLine Construction or RightNow Maintenance is separate from FLORA. EMPHOS receives a FLORA reply only if you later include it in support or another feature you choose to send.
Trials & purchases
Know what you are getting.
The planned FieldLine trial and the differences between product licences and sales channels.
How will the FieldLine 15-day trial work?
Our direct-sales preparation includes a 15-day trial starting at first successful activation, rather than at download. The trial period is 15 consecutive days.
The direct trial is being prepared for launch. The FieldLine release page will provide the trial installer and activation instructions when that service is available. This trial description is for FieldLine PDF. FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance follow the trial terms disclosed with those offers.
Will I need a payment card for the trial?
No. The planned FieldLine PDF direct trial requires no payment card and does not automatically become a paid purchase. You decide whether to buy a licence.
Will reinstalling restart the trial?
No. Reinstalling is intended to resume the original trial period. The first successful activation sets the start of the 15 days.
If you need help after replacing a computer or reinstalling Windows, contact support with the account or order reference associated with the trial.
Will direct sales and Microsoft Store use the same purchase process?
FieldLine PDF is being prepared for both direct sales and Microsoft Store distribution. Direct purchases will use the EMPHOS website journey; Store purchases use Microsoft’s purchase and account process.
Keep the receipt and use the activation and support instructions for the channel where you purchased. If you change channels or need help linking a purchase, contact EMPHOS with the order reference. FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance use the purchase route shown on each product page.
Do the same licence terms apply to every EMPHOS product?
No. FieldLine PDF’s individual professional licence permits business work on its stated devices. FieldLine Planner uses a lifetime planning seat. FieldLine Construction and RightNow Maintenance use one-time enterprise licences for a company-operated deployment. Heinrich Personal is for one person’s personal, non-business use on up to three active machines; Business and Team arrangements cover their agreed users and uses.
Heinrich desktop’s purchased major version is perpetual, with optional new major versions offered separately. Hosted services, enterprise deployments, and OEM arrangements have their own terms. The offer and product licence explain the scope before purchase.
Where can I check prices, refunds, and purchase terms?
The product offer and checkout show the current price, currency, taxes, and licence being purchased. Read the applicable product and refund terms before completing the order.
For an existing order, use the purchase channel shown on your receipt. Support can help identify the right route for an EMPHOS direct purchase or a Microsoft Store order.
Research & roadmap
See where the work is going.
Model research, future applications, and the wider development programme.
What is on the EMPHOS roadmap?
The roadmap covers Aletheia model development, Heinrich desktop and mobile, FieldLine PDF, FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, RightNow Maintenance, Prism, Shield, enterprise deployment, licensing and OEM integration, physical-interface research, and the proposed EMPHOS A1 infrastructure programme.
FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance are desktop products with local FLORA. Construction and RightNow browser and mobile apps do not include that assistant. Each direction has its own priorities and next milestone. Explore the Future page for the full programme.
What is Prism?
Prism is our planned adaptive learning direction. The work explores clearer explanations, different ways to interact with learning material, and continuity as a learner moves between topics and sessions.
Education and accessibility research starts with educators, intended users, and a defined learning task. That collaboration helps shape useful experiences around different needs and learning styles.
What is Shield?
Shield is a longer-term security and environmental monitoring direction. It explores how information from connected systems could be organized into useful context, understandable alerts, and user-reviewed responses.
Development centres on defining the intended environment, the information available, the response workflow, and the requirements of the people using it.
Which industries and research applications are being explored?
Areas of interest include education and accessibility, energy and environmental work, healthcare organizations, and professional document and knowledge workflows.
The starting point is a specific task: who needs help, what information they work with, how outputs are reviewed, and what a successful result looks like. Research and pilot discussions build around that scope.
How does EMPHOS approach computing efficiency?
Our research examines the resources needed to run useful workloads: computation, memory, power, and the way software behaves on its intended hardware. Aletheia’s CPU-inference direction is one part of that work.
We also explore infrastructure design, cooling, water use, and opportunities for heat reuse. The environmental page explains the model, application, and infrastructure work in more detail.
What is EMPHOS A1?
EMPHOS A1 is a proposed infrastructure programme in British Columbia, intended to support future computing and hosted services. Its planning includes CPU-based capacity and the relationship between computing, cooling, water, and heat reuse.
A1 has a separate development path from desktop software, covering site selection, engineering, utilities, approvals, financing, and deployment.
Investors & partners
Start a focused conversation.
Company strategy, controlled diligence, and technical or commercial collaboration.
What is the business model?
EMPHOS is developing several commercial routes: individual software licences, business and team arrangements, hosted services, enterprise deployments, and negotiated licensing or OEM integration.
These routes follow the needs of each product and customer. FieldLine PDF’s perpetual desktop licence, FieldLine Planner’s lifetime planning seat, and the one-time enterprise licences for FieldLine Construction and RightNow Maintenance are distinct from planned hosted Heinrich services or a negotiated enterprise engagement.
What is distinctive about the EMPHOS approach?
EMPHOS works on both its own language model and the application that makes it useful. Aletheia research addresses how information is represented and processed; Heinrich connects that work to projects, permissions, tools, and reviewable outputs.
The wider product programme adds practical software such as FieldLine PDF, FieldLine Planner, FieldLine Construction, and RightNow Maintenance. Those Windows desktop apps include local FLORA. Product usefulness, local execution, and clear user control connect those efforts.
How can investors request more information?
Contact EMPHOS with your name, organization, investment focus, and the areas you would like to understand. We can arrange an introductory discussion and the appropriate next step for diligence.
The diligence material covers company strategy, technical work, financial planning, intellectual property, environmental research, and the roadmap. Detailed material is provided through the relevant review process and confidentiality arrangements.
Can an organization discuss enterprise deployment or OEM licensing?
Yes. We welcome scoped discussions about Aletheia, Heinrich, or a combination of the two. Useful starting details include the intended workflow, target platform, users, deployment environment, and integration requirements.
An engagement can then define technical evaluation, supported functions, acceptance criteria, licensing scope, and support. Start an enterprise or OEM conversation →
How can researchers or strategic partners get involved?
Start with a clear research question or workflow and an outcome that can be evaluated. Relevant areas include language-model evaluation, runtime engineering, accessible interaction, resource measurement, and application studies.
Email info@emphosgroup.com with your organization, area of work, and proposed focus. We can identify the right conversation and material for that scope.
Support
Get help with the next step.
Useful details for installation, activation, and product support.
What should I include in a support request?
Include the product name, application version, operating system, what you were trying to do, and the exact error message. For purchase or activation issues, include the order reference and purchase channel.
A screenshot and short steps to reproduce the issue are useful. Send the request through Support or email info@emphosgroup.com.
What if activation fails or I replace my computer?
Use the account and activation instructions associated with your purchase channel. Keep your receipt available, and contact EMPHOS if an old device is unavailable or a purchase cannot be located.
Include the application version and error message so support can help identify the problem. A device change does not create a separate licence for another person.
Do I need to send my whole project to get help?
Start with the error message and a screenshot. If a sample file is needed, use a small example that reproduces the issue and remove confidential or personal information where possible.
A FLORA conversation stays on your computer unless you choose to include it. Never include passwords, payment-card details, recovery codes, or one-time sign-in codes in a support message.
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