SHADOW-BATCH

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Your operation, running on its own intelligence

A sovereign private AI for your operation, on hardware you own or a private server. It knows your recipes, SOPs and HACCP plan, answers your team in real time, files every log they photograph, and never sends your data to an outside AI provider.

Node
SB-01 online
Data sent off site
0 bytes
Model
Local, on site
Walk-in cooler
37.2°F
Floor languages
English, Español

Two systems. One sovereign private AI.

The Company Brain answers questions from your own documents. The Compliance Vault keeps every record your team creates. Both run on hardware you own or a private cloud server, so nothing goes to the big AI labs or any outside AI provider.

Cold-pressed & bottled

Every recipe. Every SOP. One brain.

Your formulas, batch sizes and procedures, answered in seconds on any phone on the floor, in English or Spanish.

Meet the Company Brain
System 1

Company Brain

Ask anything about your operation and get the answer from your own documents, with the source named. Your crew asks from a phone on the floor, in English or Spanish.

  • KnowsYour SOPs, recipes, specs, HACCP plan and supplier list
  • PlusFDA Food Code, 21 CFR 117 and 120, and the California Retail Food Code
  • CitesThe document and section behind every answer
  • RefusesTo guess. If the answer isn't in your documents, it says so and names who to ask
  • SpeaksEnglish and Spanish, answering in the language of the question
Receiving to release

Every log filed the moment it's photographed.

Temperature sheets, COAs and HPP printouts are read, tagged and flagged against your critical limits automatically.

Open the Compliance Vault
System 2

Compliance Vault

Snap a photo of any log, certificate or report. The Vault reads it, files it, flags anything out of limit, and pulls every record an inspector asks for in seconds.

  • CapturePhoto, drag and drop, or email from any phone, tablet or laptop
  • ReadsPrinted and handwritten records, in English and Spanish
  • FilesBy record type, date, lot and supplier, automatically
  • FlagsReadings outside your critical limits, with the corrective action attached
  • RetrievesAn audit or recall packet for any date range or lot

Included with every Company Brain.

Temp logWalk-in #1, opening 44°F2026-10-14 · corrected 06:50, product releasedOut of limit
HPP cycleCycle 3, hold 172 s, lot DJC-02-2610212026-10-22 · re-run as cycle 5 at 182 sRe-run
Supplier COAApples VOF-2610-131, patulin 18 ppbValley Orchard Farms · limit under 50 ppbPass
SanitizerQuat, sink 3, 250 ppm2026-10-23 · range 200–400 ppmPass
Recall drillLot DJC-03-260922, 240 of 240 traced2026-09-24 · 2 h 10 minPass

Example records from Demo Juice Co., our demonstration client.

What it runs for you

Every install starts with the two systems and is set up around the way your kitchen or plant already works. These are the jobs it takes over.

Cold chain

41°F or below. Every reading on record.

Walk-in, reach-in and transport temperatures are logged, trended and kept on hardware inside your building.

See how your data stays private

Your data stays yours

Your recipes and records are the business. Run them on a computer you own in your building, or on a private cloud server used only by you. Either way it is encrypted, maintained by us, and never sent to the big AI labs or any outside AI provider.

Your team

Phones, tablets and laptops on the floor and in the office.

Your building or private server

Company BrainAnswers from your documents
Compliance VaultEvery log, certificate and report
Local AI modelRuns on the box. Shared by both systems.

SHADOW-BATCH

Remote updates, monitoring and a monthly records review. No site visits needed.

Data sent to outside AI companies
None
Where it runs
Your box or private cloud
Open ports on your network
Zero
Works during an internet outage
Yes, on local
Per-question AI fees
None
Languages
English, Español

Local or cloud. Sized to your operation.

Run it on hardware you own, or on a private cloud server with nothing to buy. Bigger operations get a larger AI model and more memory to run it. We confirm the fit on the discovery call.

1 site, up to 10 users

Starter

8–14B model · mini PC, 32 GB · about $600–900
  • Company Brain with the records vault
  • Your documents loaded and tested on 30 questions
  • Two staff trainings, English and Spanish
  • Maintained, updated and backed up every month
$600per month, local$900per month, cloud
Start with Starter
1–2 sites, up to 25 users

Growth

~30B model · AI mini PC, 64 GB · about $1,400–1,600
  • Everything in Starter
  • Larger model for harder questions across more records
  • Scheduled report exports from your other software
  • Up to 25 staff accounts
$900per month, local$1,200per month, cloud
Start with Growth
3+ sites or production lines, up to 50 users

Multi-line

70B+ model · AI workstation, 128 GB · about $2,500–4,000
  • Everything in Growth
  • One system across sites and lines
  • Largest model and longest documents
$1,400per month, local$1,700per month, cloud
Start with Multi-line

One-time setup

Local hardware: $3,000 setup fee plus the hardware, bought in your name at cost. Cloud based: $1,500 setup fee, no hardware to buy. Start on cloud and move to local any time; your cloud setup counts toward the local setup.

$3,000local + hardware$1,500cloud

Minimums: 6 months local, 3 months cloud, then 30 days' notice. Hardware prices as of October 2026. Now booking founding installs for the first quarter of 2027.

Food safety services

Hands-on work from a certified HACCP practitioner: get audit ready, put a complete plan in place, then keep it covered every month.

Be audit ready before the inspector arrives

Readiness Audit

On site · report in 2 days
  • Full on-site walkthrough
  • Scored report with photos
  • Fix plan ranked by risk, with owners and dates
  • Fee credited to a Food Safety Plan within 30 days
From $750one time
Book an audit
A complete plan, with the SOPs and logs that run it

HACCP & Food Safety Plan

Retail $2,500 · Wholesale $4,000 · Regulated HACCP $5,500+
  • Written with you around your actual process
  • SOPs and logs in English and Spanish
  • Print-ready plus editable files
  • Founding rate: Retail $1,750 through Nov 15
From $2,500one time
Start your plan
Keep your food safety covered after the plan is in place

Fractional QA Director

3-month minimum
  • Weekly check-ins
  • Log checks twice a month, weekly on Growth
  • Site visits, and on site for scheduled inspections
  • Written report every month
From $900per month
Get a QA Director
Labels checked before you print

Label Review

Per SKU
  • Nutrition facts, ingredients and allergens
  • Checked against FDA labeling rules
  • Written fix list for each label
$250per SKU
Review my labels
Train the floor in the language they speak

Staff Training

60-minute session
  • Hygiene, sanitation and logging
  • English or Spanish
  • Built on your own procedures
  • Training record for your files
$400per session
Book a session
Permits handled alongside your plan

Licensing & Permitting

Add-on to any plan
  • Retail $950 · Wholesale $1,500
  • Processor licensing $2,500+
  • Agency fees passed through at cost
From $950add-on
Add licensing

On-site work: travel included within LA and Orange County; $150 flat up to 100 miles; quoted beyond that.

Launch sequence

From application to your team using it in about three weeks. Most of it happens remotely.

  1. T-5

    Apply

    Five minutes. Tell us what you make and what slows you down.

  2. T-4

    Discovery call

    Twenty minutes to confirm local or cloud, your size and scope.

  3. T-3

    Document intake

    Upload your plan, SOPs, recipes and recent logs.

  4. T-2

    Build and test

    We load your documents and run a 30-question acceptance test before handover.

  5. T-1

    Install

    We set up your box on site, or your private cloud server goes live.

  6. T-0

    Go live

    Two staff trainings in English and Spanish, then we maintain and manage it every month.

Built by an operator

SHADOW-BATCH is run by Jorge Guadalajara, who spent 11 years running food and beverage production in Los Angeles before building the automation himself.

He has written HACCP plans from scratch, worked through state milk plant licensing, and built the automated reporting that ran a beverage company's weekly numbers. Every install is set up by someone who has stood on a production floor at 5 a.m.

  • Production leadershipErewhon, Lassens, Cha Cha Matcha, and General Manager at Shakewell
  • California Pasteurizer LicenseLicensed for dairy pasteurization in California
  • HACCP certifiedProcessors and Manufacturers, NEHA course accredited by the International HACCP Alliance
  • BilingualFloor training and documents in English and Spanish
  • Based in Los AngelesOn site across LA and Orange County; Company Brain anywhere
Kitchen to plant floor

Built for the people who make the food.

Juice and cold-press, dairy, bakeries, commissaries and co-packers across Southern California.

Book a discovery call

Book a discovery call

Tell us about your operation. We reply within two business days to book a 20-minute discovery call.

Prefer email? Write to ops@shadow-batch.com

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