ORCA HQ was born from a real consulting firm that faced the exact problem it solves. Not a lab experiment. Proven in production. Built in the Scottish Highlands.
One consulting firm. One recurring problem. A platform that now serves every organisation that runs on expertise.
ORCA started inside a consulting practice. The founder — a hands-on delivery lead — watched the same problems repeat across engagements: context rebuilt from scratch, lessons lost between teams, expertise locked in individual heads. Every new project started from zero.
The first version of ORCA was built to solve that specific problem: capture what the team learned, grade how much to trust it, and return it to whoever needed it next. It worked. Within weeks, the system was surfacing connections that senior partners hadn't made.
In March 2026, ORCA HQ was established as an independent entity — its own Azure tenancy, its own governance, its own intellectual property. The platform that was built to serve one consulting team is now available to every organisation that runs on expertise.
We believe most organisations are underutilised, not underperforming. The expertise exists — it's just trapped in inboxes, chat threads, and individual memory. ORCA is the infrastructure that frees it.