Applied AI & ML Engineering for Search, Discovery & Recommendations
RankTalos is a hands-on applied AI and machine learning engineering consultancy that designs, evaluates, and builds search, discovery, and recommendation systems for online stores and catalog businesses. Visitors can test their live store in 60 seconds with the free RankTalos Findability Score, commission a human-verified Search, AI Findability, or Recommendations Audit (100% credited toward a build), hire us for fixed-scope Semantic Search and Recommendation System Builds, or embed Principal-supervised Resident AI/ML Engineers.
Who we are & how we work
RankTalos (DataDriveTech LLC d/b/a RankTalos) is a US applied AI and machine learning engineering consultancy focused strictly on Information Retrieval, Semantic Search, Recommender Systems, and Ranking Evaluation.
We operate on a disciplined two-layer delivery model: every engagement is architected and signed off by our Principal AI/ML Architects, supported by a vetted network of senior search, recommendation, and ML engineers who have passed live retrieval and ranking system-design evaluations. Resident Engineers and Sprint Pods onboard in 2 to 3 weeks.
To prove our retrieval architecture in production, we built and operate the Talos Semantic Engine (live across 10,000+ furniture SKUs at usafurnish.com), which powers the live side-by-side semantic comparison inside our free Findability Score Tool.
Principal AI & Search Architects
Every engagement is architected and reviewed by our Principal ML and Information Retrieval engineers, supported by a vetted network of senior search, recommendation, and ranking specialists.
Engineering Principles
- Ground-truth evidence first.
Every audit finding is backed by a frozen shopper query, a timestamped screenshot, and a human-verified catalog truth table. Zero false positives: missing facts are marked unverified, never wrong.
- We build what we diagnose.
Unlike slide-deck consultants or passive SaaS dashboards, we engineer production hybrid search, recommendation pipelines, and evaluation harnesses—and run our own live Talos Semantic Engine at usafurnish.com.
- Principal-supervised engineering.
Every Tier 2 build and Tier 3 Resident AI/ML Engineer is architected and reviewed weekly by a RankTalos Principal Architect, equipped with our internal NDCG/constraint evaluation harnesses.
- 100% audit credit & clear report modes.
Advisory Mode is standard for merchant audits and credits 100% of your Tier 1 Audit fee toward a Tier 2 build within 60 days. Independent Mode (12-month no-fix rule) is reserved for M&A due diligence ($7,500) and formal vendor RFPs.
- No fear-selling or public shaming.
When we share technical disclosure findings with a store, the first email includes full reproduction details at no cost and zero urgency threats. Public case studies and benchmarks are anonymized unless a client grants written consent.
Company & Contact
- hello@ranktalos.com
- Architecture / Scoping Call
- Book a 30-minute call
- Reference Semantic Engine
- Talos Semantic Engine (usafurnish.com)
- Published Standard
- Findability & Retrieval Test Standard v1.0
- Legal Entity
- DataDriveTech LLC d/b/a RankTalos
- Security & Data Handling
- Security policy