Cortex

The operating system for global trade

Where do you want to trade today?

Cortex reveals the trade routes, markets, and agreements that already exist — then gives one person the means to run the entire trade. No analysts. No back office. No coordination overhead.

Ask the Trade AdvisorAI analysis, guidance and reports — every answer cites verified, dated sources.

Every product has more markets than its maker knows about.

Every import has a cheaper origin than the one being used. Every corridor has a trade agreement, a preferential tariff, or a compliance shortcut that most traders never find — because finding it takes a team of researchers, and most traders don't have one.

Cortex opens that world up. It shows you what's possible — which countries want what you make, where demand is growing, which origin supplies it best, which agreements apply, which documents you'll need — and then it walks you through executing the trade itself.

Discovery first. Execution next. The two halves of what trade has always required, finally in one place.

The rigour of a firm. The independence of an individual.

Open your mind to the possibilities.

There are markets you haven't found. Corridors you haven't considered. Agreements that could change your margin overnight. Cortex brings them into view.

Everything a trade requires. In one workflow.

See where your product is wanted

Enter a product. Cortex suggests an HS code from the official US tariff schedule and ranks the countries that import it — by value, growth, and share, using UN Comtrade data.

See where it can be sourced

Enter what you need and where it goes. Cortex shows the origin countries that supply it today, so you can compare cost, tariff, and lead time.

Understand a market before you commit

Every country page shows GDP, population, import demand, tariff rates where available, applicable trade agreements, and logistics quality.

Find the agreements you didn't know existed

The Trade Agreements Library covers free trade agreements, customs unions, and preference programs such as AGOA — each with its provisions and status.

Get the documentation right

Customs portals for 54 countries. Downloadable templates. EUDR flags for EU-bound coffee. OECD due diligence for minerals.

Estimate freight — sea, air, and road

Grounded in Drewry and World Bank benchmarks. Request real quotes from forwarders on your lane.

Follow the workflow for your sector

General Cargo, Agriculture, Minerals, or Oil & Gas. Each with its own stages, documents, and compliance checks.

Store, sign, and track your deals

Sector-specific clauses. Milestone-based escrow. Referral financing from partner lenders, visible to both sides.

Two modes. One workflow.

Research mode

For seeing. Search markets, classify products, compare freight routes, study trade agreements. Free to explore. No commitment, no deals created.

Trade mode

For moving. Choose a sector, build a deal, follow the workflow, sign the contract, track the shipment. Sequential, saved, and shared with your counterparty.

Switch between them any time. What you discover in Research becomes what you execute in Trade.

Built for anyone who's ever wondered what else is possible.

  • Independent brokers. You already know how trade works. Cortex shows you the corridors you haven't explored and lets you run them without adding staff.
  • SME exporters. You have a product and a market. Cortex shows you the others — and gives you the means to reach them.
  • First-time importers. Cortex walks you through compliance, freight, contracts, and payment, so you don't miss a step that costs you the shipment.
  • Anyone who's thought "I wonder if this could sell abroad." Cortex answers that in minutes. And then lets you act on it.
  • Trading teams inside larger companies. Market discovery, freight, documents, and deal workflow in one place, available immediately with no implementation project.

What Cortex isn't.

Not a broker. Cortex doesn't take a position. It doesn't buy or sell, doesn't own goods, doesn't hold price risk.

Not a bank. Financing is referral only. Lenders make their own decisions on their own terms.

Not a freight forwarder. Estimates are indicative. Forwarders quote and carry the cargo.

Not a customs broker. Classification is a suggestion, not a legal determination. Documentation links point to official sources.

Cortex is the layer that connects all of it — the intelligence that reveals what's possible, the workflow that sequences it, and the infrastructure that holds the deal together.

Run one search. See what you've been missing.

You don't have to change how you work. Enter a product. See which markets Cortex surfaces. If it opens a door you didn't know was there, start a deal. If not, you've lost nothing.

Start free — no credit card