SynAppSe

Mineral shortages and rising prices are colliding with lagging mining systems

Underutilized resources and delayed production: <5 productive hours per 12-hour shift, $25B+ lost annually

The Problem

Mining ops still run on static shifts programs

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Static program, zero adaptability

The shift program is built in static tools — ERPs or spreadsheets
Supervisors and crews receive the printed program and work orders at the start of each shift
Program can’t change once shift starts

02

The program breaks underground

Underground conditions constantly deviate from the program: ventilation failures, water, unstable ground, broken equipment
The printed program becomes obsolete within hours — but there’s no system to replace it

03

No coordination, no visibility

Crews have no fallback and no visibility into the rest of the mine
Decisions rely on radio calls and supervisor judgment alone
Crews wait idle for instructions — or push forward under degraded conditions

04

Massive productivity loss

Working under deviations (e.g., flooded areas) dramatically reduces efficiency and increases risk
Out of a 12-hour shift, crews are productive for fewer than 5 hours

Underutilized equipment & crews, unrealized production potential, compromised safety conditions

The Solution

Synappse: The Real-Time Brain Your Mine Needs

It reads the live state of a mine — Task completition, Equipment status, crew locations and natural conditions - and uses AI to continuously reoptimize operations programs

Live state monitoring

Reads equipment status, crew locations, and geology changes in real time. No more decisions based on data that's hours old.

Continuous replanning

AI replans operations the instant conditions change — maximising production with minimum resources, automatically, across every active task.

Instant team coordination

Every team gets updated instructions in real time through integrated systems — no new hardware, no rip-and-replace.

Every team receives updated instructions in real time instead of stale shift plans that break on contact with reality

Impact

When Mines Run Smarter, Everyone Wins.

Higher Production
Output

Lower Cost Per Unit Mined

More Reserves & Extended Asset Life

Smaller Footprint Per Unit Produced

Safer Operations for People & Assets

Translating into returns for shareholders, employees, and society.

Market Opportunity

The Last
Undigitized Frontier.

Mining ranks dead last in digitization — below energy, utilities, manufacturing, and construction. That gap isn't a problem. It's the opportunity.

ConstructionLow

ManufacturingMedium

EnergyMedium-High

MiningLowest

Synappse UpsideMaximum

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$600B

Global Mining Industry

Annual revenue — and growing

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$25–50B

Gold Mining Inefficiencies

Wasted annually from underutilized capacity

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Peak Demand

Critical Minerals

Lithium, rare earth, copper — energy transition driving historic demand

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Vacuum

No Real Competitors

Existing tools are static planners. No real-time operational intelligence exists for underground mining.

The Team

We've been inside mines. We've seen every angle.

Santi Sierra

Mechanical Engineer
MIT Sloan MBA · AI & Operations
BCG Consultant · Mining Practice

10+ operations projects in mining assets across Latin America (Chile, Peru, Argentina, Suriname) working from the largest mining companies in the world (Newmont) to local family players (Hochschild).

Juan Mateus

Economist
Wharton MBA · Product Management
BCG Consultant · Technology Practice