Cognitia is a parent operator that builds and runs AI-augmented businesses. The Cognitia portfolio currently includes Skillucate (BC student funding guidance), Inlet Move (Vancouver moving), Alpha Investo (systematic crypto research), and Demandara (agentic marketing operations agency). The Cognitia OS platform is the agent stack that runs all of them.

Is Cognitia the same as Cognita Schools or cognitia.systems?

No. Cognitia (cognitia.cloud) is a portfolio operator for AI-augmented businesses. Cognita Schools (cognita.com) is an unrelated international K-12 education group. cognitia.systems is an unrelated education-OS company. Cognitia.ai (us) is sometimes confused with cognitia-ai.com / cognitia-ai.ai / cognitica.ai — we are not affiliated with any of those.

Can I hire Cognitia to build me a brand?

Yes — we partner with founders to build and operate AI-augmented brands end to end. Engagements start at $25,000 for a build phase plus an ongoing operating retainer. We are selective: 2–3 build slots per quarter.

What is the Cognitia OS alpha?

Cognitia OS (os.cognitia.cloud) is the agent platform we built to run our own portfolio. We are opening invite-only alpha access to 10 design partners running 2+ brands. Apply at os.cognitia.cloud.

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Local services · Vancouver moving

Inlet Move

https://inletmove.ca

The problem

Vancouver moving is a low-trust, high-volume local services category. Customers can't tell good movers from scammy ones until move day. Existing players win on Google Local Pack ranking + GBP profile depth + review velocity, all of which are operational disciplines that under-staffed local-services brands skip.

What we built / what we did

Built Inlet Move as the Cognitia portfolio's Vancouver moving brand. Astro site (chosen for performance + simple deploy), CSP-hardened quote form (Web3Forms + hCaptcha), neighbourhood-specific landing pages, GBP automation, review response engine. Cognitia OS skills running: prospect engine for B2B partnerships, programmatic SEO for neighbourhood pages, GBP runner for weekly post freshness, review response engine for sub-24-hour reply velocity.

Results so far

Performance: 95+ Lighthouse score sitewide. Under 1.5s LCP on 3G mobile.
Neighbourhood pages: dedicated landing pages for Kitsilano, Mt Pleasant, Lonsdale, Burnaby, Richmond — each with unique editorial + local-business JSON-LD schema.
GBP runner posting weekly fresh content + photo updates, which Google's local-pack algorithm rewards.
Review response engine drafts on-voice replies to every Google + Yelp review within a 24-hour SLA — sub-24 reply velocity is a documented Google ranking factor.

Metrics

Sitewide Lighthouse perf

95+

Better than ~85% of Vancouver moving competitors

Neighbourhood pages live

Each with unique editorial + LocalBusiness schema

Time to add a neighbourhood

<30 min

Programmatic SEO skill + per-neighbourhood data

Review-response SLA

<24h

Auto-drafted, human-approved before posting

Cognitia OS skills running this brand

Programmatic SEO page builder
Google Business Profile runner
Review response engine
Voice agent receptionist (alpha — for inbound call qualification)
Lead enrichment + scoring engine

Honest caveats

Inlet Move is Vancouver-local; results are heavily geography-dependent. The Lighthouse score advantage matters most when ranking on the second page; first-page Vancouver moving SERPs are dominated by long-established brands with hundreds of reviews — we're working up to that bar with consistent operational execution.

What this proves about Cognitia

Inlet Move proves Cognitia OS works for local services where the operational discipline (GBP freshness, review velocity, page performance) determines ranking — not just content volume. Most local-services brands skip these disciplines because they don't have the staff. Cognitia OS automates them at a cost lower than 0.25 FTE.

Want a similar build for your portfolio?

Cognitia build engagements are 90-day build phase + ongoing operating retainer. 2–3 per year.

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