Conversational assistant
Live in Arraial do Cabo as Atcheza. Answers on coastal regulation and local knowledge, via WhatsApp and web chat, with cited sources.
Infrastructure for coastal data. A roadmap for
technical evolution. Stories from the frontline.
Atcheza is our first Benthos deployment, built in continuous partnership with the artisanal fishers of Arraial do Cabo (Brazil). Built on a RAG architecture, it delivers fully cited responses on coastal regulations and local expertise in the local Portuguese dialect. Users can interact via voice and text on WhatsApp, or explore the public web preview.
Evolving from an open Q&A assistant into
a community-controlled data system.
Live in Arraial do Cabo as Atcheza. Answers on coastal regulation and local knowledge, via WhatsApp and web chat, with cited sources.
Evolving into a two-way data exchange. Communities can submit field observations with explicit consent, accessible offline via SMS.
Communities govern their own archives, with data held in community-controlled, decentralized infrastructure.
scales
the information.
anchors
the meaning.
Codirected by Francielly Monteiro and Lucas Silva Pereira, Roots and Algorithms documents the people, territories and practices of frontline communities. From artisanal fishing and mangrove restoration to urban resilience and women-led cooperatives, the series brings community knowledge into public view.
