Koralae Knowledge valorisation

What knowledge
could become.

Research opens up opportunities that too often remain beyond reach. Koralae brings scientific and technological knowledge closer to the needs it could address, and to the people and decisions that can turn potential into application.

Discover our approach

The case for change

Discovery is only
part of the story.

Scientific knowledge does not reach practical use through discovery alone. Beyond its original context, it must be interpreted, tested against real needs and carried through decisions involving evidence, people and intellectual assets.

Our approach

Complexity
needs more
than answers.

Scientific capabilities, research evidence and real-world needs rarely align on their own. Turning knowledge into a credible basis for application calls for interpretation, careful evaluation and decisions that remain connected to their evidence. Koralae brings these demands into a more coherent way of working.

The important question is not only what the knowledge suggests, but what would make its application credible.

Platform

Knowledge,
developed for application.

The Koralae platform provides a connected working environment for knowledge valorisation. It brings research results, technological capabilities, potential applications, evidence and the people developing them into a shared context.

From initial assessment through subsequent decisions and review, teams can advance their work without repeatedly reconstructing the reasoning behind earlier decisions.

ONE CONNECTED BODY OF WORKKORALAE / PLATFORM

Explore four connected perspectives

Connected perspectives, not a fixed sequence. As evidence and circumstances change, teams can revisit an assessment, reconsider a route and retain the basis for previous decisions.

01 / IdentifyAPPLICATION IN CONTEXT

Find where knowledge may matter.

Examine research results and technological capabilities alongside unmet needs. Identify applications worth investigating, whether the starting point is available knowledge or a challenge seeking a response.

RESEARCH & CAPABILITIES

Results and expertise

Research findings · methods · know-how
RELEVANCE & APPLICATIONTwo starting points. One assessment of relevance.
NEEDS & CHALLENGES

Problems to address

Organisational · societal · environmental
KNOWLEDGE / NEEDS / APPLICATION POTENTIAL
02 / DevelopAPPLICATION IN CONTEXT

From possibility to proposition.

Build the case for an application. Examine technical readiness, evidence of need and practical feasibility, while bringing ownership, protection, rights and unresolved questions into the same assessment.

THE CASE FOR APPLICATIONEVIDENCE AND CONDITIONS

Building the case for application.

EVIDENCE & FEASIBILITYWhat supports the case?Technical evidence · evidence of need · assumptions
INTELLECTUAL ASSETSWhat conditions apply?Ownership · protection · access rights · restrictions
OPEN QUESTIONSMake what remains uncertain visible.
EVIDENCE / FEASIBILITY / INTELLECTUAL ASSETS
03 / AdvanceAPPLICATION IN CONTEXT

Several futures. One coherent history.

Consider how an application could move forward. Collaboration, licensing, venture creation and direct adoption can each be relevant, sometimes together or in succession. The choices depend on rights, partners, resources and the intended form of use.

POSSIBLE PATHWAYSTRACEABLE DECISIONS

Routes into practice.

  1. Collaborative research and developmentPartners · co-development · shared outcomes
  2. Licensing and knowledge transferRights · agreements · conditions for use
  3. Venture creationTeam · capabilities · route to adoption
  4. Direct adoption and public valueOrganisational practice · public services · societal benefit
PEOPLE / RIGHTS / RESOURCESRoutes can coexist or change as evidence develops.
ROUTES / RIGHTS / PARTNERS / UPTAKE
04 / MonitorAPPLICATION IN CONTEXT

What happens next changes the picture.

Follow the evidence from validation, transfer and use. Review progress against the original assumptions, understand what outcomes reveal and decide whether to continue, adapt, revisit or conclude a route.

CONTINUOUS APPRAISALDECISION HISTORY

Value becomes clearer over time.

WHAT CHANGED
Observed progressValidation, adoption and evidence from use
WHAT IT MEANS
Updated assessmentProgress, constraints and emerging questions
WHAT FOLLOWS
Next decisionContinue, adapt, revisit or conclude a route

LEARNING INFORMS THE NEXT ASSESSMENTNew evidence and outcomes remain linked to the earlier decisions they inform.

VALIDATION / UPTAKE / REASSESSMENT
Technology

Beyond retrieval.
Towards verifiable
intelligence.

Scientific knowledge is distributed across disciplines, institutions and systems, often with different meanings, incomplete evidence and restricted access. Koralae combines semantic models, evidence-grounded reasoning, governed AI orchestration and policy-aware access into a specialised architecture designed to retain context, make conclusions examinable and keep organisations in control of their information.

KORALAE / INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTUREKnowledge in context.Meaning / reasoning / governance
  1. 01. Semantic knowledge models

    Connect heterogeneous knowledge without losing its context or provenance.

  2. 02. Evidence-grounded reasoning

    Examine propositions against evidence, constraints and uncertainty.

  3. 03. Governed AI orchestration

    Coordinate specialised tasks with permissions, oversight and traceability.

  4. 04. Protected knowledge access

    Work across authorised sources without relinquishing institutional control.

Four interdependent capabilitiesOne specialised intelligence architecture
01 / Semantic knowledge models

Meaning must survive the source.

Research results, data, technologies, expertise and needs are described in different languages and formats. Semantic models, knowledge graphs and entity resolution make those connections explicit while preserving provenance and the distinctions essential to interpretation.

02 / Evidence-grounded reasoning

Inference must withstand scrutiny.

Neuro-symbolic approaches combine learned representations with structured knowledge and explicit constraints. They provide a basis for examining propositions against available evidence, distinguishing inference from established fact and making contradictions and uncertainty open to review.

03 / Governed AI orchestration

Intelligence needs boundaries.

Agentic workflows can extend analysis across sources and specialised tasks. Defined permissions, traceable actions and appropriate review points allow that work to be coordinated while keeping responsibility for consequential decisions explicit.

04 / Protected knowledge access

Control travels with knowledge.

Knowledge relevant to an application may be distributed across organisations and subject to confidentiality. Policy-aware access, federated retrieval and privacy-enhancing methods offer ways to work across those boundaries without assuming unrestricted sharing or centralised ownership.

Professional judgement

Let expertise
reach further.

Knowledge valorisation depends on people who can challenge assumptions, build partnerships, negotiate conditions and decide where effort will have the greatest effect. Better intelligence extends the range of possibilities those teams can examine and strengthens the evidence on which they act.

  • WIDER SCOPE
  • STRONGER BASIS FOR DECISIONS
Company

Built in Bizkaia.
Thinking beyond borders.

Koralae is an independent technology company based in Bizkaia. Its founding team combines expertise in applied artificial intelligence and software engineering with experience in product strategy, entrepreneurship and innovation. Incubated at DeustoKabi in Bilbao, Koralae receives support from the University of Deusto through Deusto Entrepreneurship and works with a European outlook on research and innovation.

  • BILBAO, BIZKAIA
  • FOUNDED IN 2026
  • EUROPEAN OUTLOOK
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