A grounded model can be worth more than a mountain of data. Lone Star Analysis turns engineering knowledge, uncertain inputs and simulated futures into decisions about aircraft, maintenance and the price of winning.

From abandoned music files to vanished coding conversations and the moving evidence behind a government bid, Henry Quillin has made a young career out of rescuing useful information before it disappears.

The Revere co-founder graduated, entered Y Combinator and chose an unusually consequential problem: helping government contractors decide what a winning bid should cost before the envelope is opened.