About
Background
James KC Auchterlonie. Based in Wichita, Kansas.
Graduated from Butler County Community College. Studied at Wichita State University.
Worked in aerospace manufacturing at Textron Aviation, Bombardier, CTI.
Founded MLNavigator Inc. to build on-premises AI systems for regulated industries. Created adapterOS for efficient on-device inference. Previously founded AuchShop LLC for design and e-commerce work.
Focus
Systems that run where they need to. Deterministic. Auditable. Local-first.
Building inference infrastructure for environments where cloud access is restricted or prohibited.
Now
Running customer discovery interviews via NSF I-Corps. Deploying pilot systems in Kansas aerospace. Optimizing inference on Apple Silicon.