AI & Data Engineering Studio  ·  Portugal

Applied AI
for Complex
Data

Moonsteps builds AI systems that transform messy, fragmented data into structured knowledge — for investigative organizations, research institutions, and teams that need solutions beyond what off-the-shelf tools can offer.

The Challenge

Modern organizations generate enormous volumes of unstructured data — documents, filings, images, research archives. Extracting meaningful knowledge from these sources is difficult and often requires custom engineering.

Off-the-shelf AI tools are not enough.

What We Build
01

Document Intelligence Systems

AI pipelines that extract structured information from large collections of documents, turning unstructured archives into searchable, analyzable knowledge.

investigative datasets research archives regulatory filings
02

Knowledge Graph & Entity Mapping

Systems that automatically identify entities and relationships across datasets, constructing searchable knowledge graphs from fragmented sources.

entity extraction relationship mapping NLP pipelines
03

AI-Driven Data Pipelines

End-to-end pipelines integrating machine learning with production infrastructure — from document ingestion to semantic search and automated classification at scale.

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Example Projects

Investigative Tools

Passport Detection in Investigative Document Leaks

A computer vision system capable of identifying passports and identity documents across large investigative datasets — enabling journalists and researchers to surface relevant materials from massive document archives.

computer vision python document processing investigative journalism

Corporate Intelligence

EmpireMapper

A system that analyzes corporate filings to identify subsidiaries and ownership relationships, automatically constructing maps of corporate structures from unstructured regulatory documents.

knowledge graphs NLP entity extraction corporate filings

Scientific Computing

Scientific Image Processing Pipelines

Infrastructure and ML workflows for processing and analyzing large microscopy datasets — combining research-grade image analysis with production-ready data engineering.

microscopy image processing cloud pipelines docker
Technology

Production systems built with modern AI and data engineering tools — from research prototype through to deployed infrastructure.

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About

Moonsteps was founded by Nuno Loureiro, a physicist and neuroscientist working at the intersection of AI, data engineering, and investigative analysis.

Projects combine research-grade machine learning with production-ready data systems — built for organizations that require solutions designed for their specific domain complexity.

Moonsteps works best where data is messy, fragmented, or unstructured — where existing tools fall short and custom engineering is the only path forward.

European Space Agency
Engineering — spacecraft systems
PhD Research
Brain-machine interfaces · neuroscience
OsloMet — AI for Journalism
AI systems for investigative journalism
International Consulting
AI & data engineering · research organizations
Work With Us

Let's work
together.

Moonsteps collaborates with research institutions, investigative organizations, and technology teams that need custom AI solutions — for problems where existing tools fall short.