Mercurial · web development studio
Web portals as fluid as mercury, as fast as thought.
We design and build next-generation portals with artificial intelligence built in: interfaces that flow, respond and adapt to the people using them.
Manifesto
The web should not load: it should flow. We build portals that respond within milliseconds, understand their users and never stand still.
Services
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portals
Next-generation web portals
Corporate portals, client areas and document platforms that load in an instant and need no manual. Modern architecture, with content your team can always keep up to date.
intelligence
AI built in, not bolted on
Copilots that answer with your portal’s own data, search that understands questions, content that summarises itself. AI works inside your flows, not in a chat window off to the side.
platforms
Back-office platforms and e-commerce
Catalogues, orders, case files, bookings: we build the platform around your real process, with dashboards that show what actually matters.
design
Bespoke design and motion
Every interface gets an identity of its own: typography, colour and animation designed for your brand, not lifted from a template. Like this very page.
Built-in AI
The portal that answers, searches and summarises on its own.
Not a chatbot parked in a corner: language models connected to your portal’s real data, working inside the pages your users already know.
Conversational copilot. Answers users and staff using the portal’s own data, with sources cited.
Semantic search. Finds documents and case files by understanding intent, not just exact words.
Assisted content. Summaries, translations and drafts generated right where they are needed, always under your control.
Method
From first meeting to launch, in four phases.
- 01
Listen
One or two sessions to understand who will use the portal and which problem has to disappear. The result is a clear map of priorities.
- 02
Prototype
Within two weeks you have a navigable prototype filled with your real content. Decisions are made by looking, not imagining.
- 03
Build
Short, frequent releases: you watch the portal grow every week and can steer it while it is still in motion.
- 04
Evolve
After launch we measure real usage and keep the portal evolving: new features, new AI models, same speed.
Contact
Your next portal starts with a conversation.
Tell us what your portal needs to do: within two working days you get a proposed path forward, no strings attached.