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Life-first
All living beings have intrinsic value. We build technology that serves life, not one that extracts from it. The measure of a system is what it adds to, or takes from, the living world around it.
Living Commons — AI, research, products
AI that serves life, not one that extracts from it.
Petitgen is an AI and applied-research practice. We work inside planetary limits, default to the commons, and take on the work that survives our filter. We refuse the rest.
What we believe
Technology is not neutral.
Neither are we.
Every licence, every model choice, every line of code decides who benefits and who is harmed. We would rather name that out loud than pretend otherwise. Three of the principles that shape the work — the full list lives at /why.
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Inside planetary limits
Earth has boundaries. Compute is not free. Attention is not free. Trust is not free. We design to work within limits, and we plan for regeneration rather than extraction.
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Commons over commodification
Knowledge that shapes how life unfolds should belong to life — not to whichever entity reached a market first. We default to the commons, and we license like we mean it.
What we do
Three practices, one filter.
Whether you need a feature shipped, a research question answered, or a product built end-to-end — we scope against outcomes, not hours. Depth on each at /services.
AI Engineering
Ship AI features into real products, inside planetary limits.
Applied Research
When the off-the-shelf model does not answer your question.
Product Studio
We build our own AI-native products. We bring that craft to yours.
What we build
The philosophy ships code.
Petitgen runs its own product and research line alongside partner work. The ideas we bet on in-house inform how we work with you. Full portfolio at /work.
OpenMorph
ActiveA memory-over-energy AI/ML platform inspired by biological neural networks. Systems that learn from every interaction instead of being frozen after one training cycle. Digital organisms, not static models.
Morphée
BetaThe first product built on the Morph substrate — evolving AI that carries memory forward across sessions. Exploring what AI looks like when it is not reset each time you close the tab.
MorphLab
ActiveThe workbench where the Living Commons License was drafted and where digital-organism containment and lineage protocols are being worked out. Research notes published as they mature.
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Our intake agent will ask a few questions, write back what it heard, and route it to Sebastien. If your project aligns with the principles, we find a way to help. If it does not, we say so. Short form also available.
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