We are part of the 150-year BP de Silva Group with core businesses in the gemstones, jewellery and tea sectors. Our global footprint spans from Australia and East Asia, across South-East Asia, Sri Lanka and India, and stretches to the Middle-East, Russia and Europe.
More distinctly, we operate the leading gemmological laboratory in Sri Lanka, the Gemmological Institute of Colombo (GIC), which is equipped with the most advanced analytical instruments for gemstone assessment and certification. Through extensive R&D initiatives, Porolis and GIC have embarked on applying AI, photomicrographic and blockchain solutions to advance the field of ‘digital gemmology’, with the aim to improve the speed and accuracy in the authentication and provenance of natural gemstones.
OUR CORE VALUES and STRENGTHS
Blended on accurate market intelligence and technical ingenuity, where we fail fast to succeed early
Passion to democratise the application of AI in the gemstone trade, to build greater transparency and trust
Anchored on a dynamic Team of diverse talents, unified by our single mindedness to transform the gemstone industry
OUR TEAM
The Porolis inter-disciplinary Team comprises of gemmologists, AI engineers, optics engineers, colour scientists and IOT product designers who have come together with the sole pursuit to transform and disrupt the gemstone industry. With our pioneering spirit and inventive capabilities, the Team seeks to build AI-tools that can augment the tasks of gemmologist and democratize the skills to assess gemstones to every industry stakeholder.
At Porolis AI Research Lab (PaiR), our dynamic team are immersed in a stimulating environment of design thinking and experimentation to invent cutting-edge solutions, comprising of a photomicrographic optical analyser connected to an AI-powered cloud-based application. We recognise that we can achieve more through deep collaboration with leading research institutes as well as technologically advanced vendors across the supply-chain.
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