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Vinci by SimpleDirect®

AI for a life beyond the screen.

Vinci helps you draft a message, work through a question or build with code. Use it on the web, on your phone or in your terminal.

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Vero and connected team workflows are in development.

Vero in a warm architectural space overlooking a lake and green hills.
A Vero illustration · Concept, not a product screenshot
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New · Vinci MLE 1.0

AI for the work of building AI.

8B, 30B and 123B · Open-weight research models

123B · Open weights · Devstral 2 · Mistral Modified MIT
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A workflow we’re building toward

The proposal is due tomorrow. The details are everywhere.

Bring the brief, budget and last-minute changes together, then prepare a proposal, a work plan and a decision to review. This example shows the team experience we’re developing.

Team workflows · In development

Vero gathers a client brief, budget and scope notes into a large paper proposal. Friday and Monday remain separate for a person to choose.
Illustration · Example task
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Bring the context

Start with the brief, budget and scope notes in one conversation.

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Get a working draft

A proposal and work plan sit beside the conversation, ready to edit.

03

Resolve the real question

The files disagree on the deadline. Confirm it before sharing the proposal.

See the sources and the decision
Three source files
Client brief.pdf, Budget.csv and Scope notes.docx.
Ready for review
A proposal draft brings the scope, work plan and next steps together.
Your decision
The brief says Friday. The notes say Monday. Confirm the deadline before sharing.

Illustrative task · Nothing has been sent.

Vinci for your team

Bring the whole job together.

We’re building a shared place for source files, drafts and the decisions that move a project forward.

In development

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Hands bring folders, a budget grid, a proposal draft and next-step cards together on a shared project table.
Concept illustration · Team workflows in development
AI engineering for organizations

Build AI around your work.

Adapt a model to your task, plan dedicated GPU capacity or scope a deployment. Define the requirements, deliverables and tests with our team.

Consulting can stand on its own or complement Vinci. Scope, deliverables, acceptance and responsibilities are agreed for each engagement.

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Custom AI models

Post-training and scoped pre-training, with data, licence and evaluation requirements agreed for each project.

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Dedicated GPUs

Plan capacity for open-weight AI around your workload, location and operating costs. Availability and terms are confirmed per project.

03

Deployment and evaluation

Scope deployment engineering and test the result against your requirements. Ongoing operation is agreed separately, after qualification.

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Learn by trying

Start with something familiar.

Explore two short example chats: write a message or ask about a note. Choose a question or a follow-up and see the reply change. No typing or account needed.

Write a message with AI

Try the writing example

Fictional example · Prewritten replies

You

Help me ask my neighbour to turn the music down. It’s keeping me awake.

AI

Hi! Could you turn the music down a little? I’m trying to get some sleep. Thanks.

Read a note with AI

Try the reading example

Pretend chat. The note and replies are written examples.

A made-up note from a neighbour

Our neighbourhood book-repair afternoon is on Saturday, 24 October, from 2 to 4 pm in the library meeting room. Bring a book that needs a small repair. Materials will be provided.

You

Is the afternoon free?

AI example

The note doesn’t say whether it’s free. You’d need to ask the organiser.

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What does a task cost?

Estimate a task using your own rates, token usage, retries, and operating costs.

Find a Vinci model.

Compare released models by purpose, format, and licence, with direct links to their records.

Build your understanding.

Useful guides to agents, evaluation, open weights, and reviewing AI-generated work.

Why we research

AI research, to make AI work for you.

AI should help with things that matter in everyday life. We test what helps, what goes wrong and what needs to improve, then share what we learn.

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Selected work

Explore the work behind Vinci.

Vinci Code completion record showing the outcome and verification limits
A recorded coding session with Vinci Code CLI.

Vinci Code CLI, in action.

Our open-source CLI helps our AI agents work on coding tasks and keep track of what’s done, what’s blocked, and what still needs checking. See the tool we use in our own work.

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Results that can be examined.

We study AI-model behaviour and the reliability of the tests used to judge it. Technical reports preserve methods, trade-offs, corrections, and negative findings.

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Writing

Ideas for living and working with AI.

Start with a question. Explore the tests and practical guides behind running models locally, reading AI results and checking completed work.

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Research

We tested the 40-point weight edit. Here's what held up.

A limited account of reported Qwen and Piccolo tests: aggregate gains, regressions and unresolved run records.

By George Pu
Research

Our 4B model kept changing a plan it was asked to fix

Detailed case record: Piccolo planning conversations with unwanted edits, inconsistent totals, missing answers and a later recovery.

By George Pu
Newsroom

What Conestoga’s Piccolo tests mean for Vinci

A missing price, faster local generation and plans that changed unexpectedly: what Conestoga’s Piccolo studies tell us about the work Vinci still needs to do.

By George Pu
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The people behind Vinci

An independent company. A human purpose.

SimpleDirect builds software, engineers AI systems, and publishes research. We want technology to demand less of your life—and leave more of it up to you.

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