Mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus or fungus-like bacterial colony, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. The mass of hyphae is called shiro. OpenShiro, founded in 2023 is a Cairns benefit company, our flagship product Shiro helps teams standardize their prompt engineering environments.

As a public benefit company, we are helping create a path for advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language models, and neural networks to be used for the good of the world.

We see AI as a tool which when used correctly can enhance our productivity, efficiency and happiness. Our mission is to package this advanced technology in a way that makes it accessible to every business in a safe and effective way. Your data privacy and security are our top priorities.

Our platform utilizes a combination of open-source coding languages, frameworks, databases, and libraries as well as proprietary tools from the world's leading tech companies like Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and Amazon. Our goal is to be a trusted resource in this rapidly changing environment.