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§00 · The Macohin story · Since 2008

The Macohin story: from Sistema Intranet to ELZA SI

Macohin is a Brazilian technology company headquartered in Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina. Since 2008, it has developed Sistema Intranet, the hub that connects thousands of legal professionals across Brazil – those who look after the client with those who draft and file the case – in partnership with Anderson Macohin’s legal practice. In 2022, Elza was born. Now, ELZA SI – Super Intelligence Systems.

  • Balneário Camboriú · SC
  • Dividir para Somar
  • 20-min read

From the first steps to ELZA SI

  1. 2005Law

    The journey begins

    Anderson Macohin begins his career in law.

  2. 2008Sistema Intranet

    The hub is born – Dividir para Somar

    Sistema Intranet begins to connect those who look after the client with those who draft and file the case.

  3. 2022ELZA A.I.

    Elza arrives in the system

    After the pandemic, Elza is born inside Sistema Intranet.

  4. NowELZA SI

    Bringing intelligences together

    Specialised, coordinated agents. Legal decisions stay with people.

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Two brothers, two languages

From the archive of the early years: Anderson Macohin, standing, and André Macohin, seated at the computer, beside the door with its sign from those days
Archive · mid-2007

In 2005, Anderson Macohin began his career in Brazilian social security law, devoted to an in-depth study of the field: changing legislation, meticulous calculations, technical evidence and constantly evolving case law.

His brother, André Macohin, a graduate in Information Systems, spoke another language: software, databases and automation, to organise the work and expand what teams could do.

In 2007, the two decided to combine that knowledge. In 2008, they started together, each in his own company: André’s technology company and Anderson’s law office. Technology on one side, legal practice on the other; each with the rules of its own profession.

Their partnership was given a name: Projeto Macohin.

Anderson Macohin, standing, and André Macohin, seated at the computer, in the early years of Projeto Macohin
The early years

Dividir para Somar

From the start, Macohin has grown around one philosophy: Dividir para Somar – divide to add.

Two team members share a desk and talk as they work, in 2025.
Team · 2025

Each participant contributes the skill they master. Together, they organise work that would take far more effort if done in isolation.

In 2008, this principle brought two professions together, each within its own structure, without mixing one with the other. Today, it also guides how people and intelligent systems work together.

Sistema Intranet: the hub since 2008

In 2008, to support this partnership, André created Sistema Intranet Macohin. The legal intelligence the system organises came from Anderson: in-depth knowledge of Brazilian social security law, turned into procedures, criteria and work stages. Over time, Sistema Intranet became the hub that connects thousands of legal professionals across Brazil.

Sistema Intranet became the place where the work of different people and teams was organised, shared and tracked. Records connected to documents. Documents, to professional analysis. And every stage became part of a work history.

Like an airport hub connecting flights: on one side, those who look after the client; on the other, those who draft and file the case. In the middle, Sistema Intranet and, since 2022, Elza, bringing technology and artificial intelligence to both sides. One recommends the other – and it is through this network, by referral, that cases arrive.

The technology grew out of real, everyday needs: organising each new case as it comes in, spotting missing documents and routing tasks.

The system evolved alongside the organisation’s knowledge. The teams’ experience guides the improvements; the improvements change the procedures; and the results show what still needs refining.

Sunset over Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, seen from above: the Ferris wheel, the seafront, the Brazilian flag and the beachfront buildings
Balneário Camboriú · where it all began

Today, Sistema Intranet holds more than 315,000 case records, with a presence in Brazil’s 26 states and the Federal District, and 784 active accounts (as of Oct 2026).

315,000+case records in Sistema Intranet
26 + DFstates and the Federal District
784active accounts
Illustrative scene, AI-generated: an old courthouse corridor, with portraits on the wall, crossed by particles and beams of light.
Beyond the paper. Beyond the screen.

Elza A.I.: the intelligence that arrived in 2022

In 2022, after the pandemic, Elza was born inside Sistema Intranet, in an environment that already had its own procedures and systems. Each application started from a concrete need.

A visual representation of Elza: blue eyes opening in the dark
Elza · status: awake

Today, Elza reads documents and checks the numbers. She builds the case files, respecting each user’s permissions. She handles the client’s first contact and prepares the case for the professional in charge; the guidance always comes from that professional. She calculates and shows the working. She follows court decisions and flags any change. She talks by voice inside the system. And she searches by meaning, not by exact wording, across more than 15 million case-law documents and more than 2 million publications in the Diário Oficial (Official Gazette).

Illustrative scene, AI-generated: Elza reads a paper book bearing the Macohin brand; golden rings of data rise from the pages and circle around her.
2022 · Elza A.I. – paper turning into data · illustrative scene · AI-generated

One principle guides all of this: Elza interprets; code verifies. An estimate stays marked as an estimate. A missing document stays visible. Software rules set permissions, schedules and conditions for execution.

ELZA SI: specialised agents working together

Now, ELZA SI is the next stage: coordinating these capabilities in a more integrated architecture, in which specialised systems share context and carry out sequences of work with defined controls.

In practice, one agent organises the initial account. Another examines the available documents. A third structures the information. Another identifies gaps or inconsistencies. A support tool prepares a preliminary analysis, while control mechanisms check that each stage has been completed.

  1. account
  2. documents
  3. information
  4. gapsPAUSE · human intervention
  5. preliminary analysis
  6. control
  7. HUMAN DECISION
illustrative sequence · when something doesn’t add up, execution stops and a person is called in

The professional receives the material already organised, with references, open items and points to watch. Some of these capabilities already work in Sistema Intranet.AI; ELZA SI deepens the integration between them.

And the architecture knows when to stop: when something doesn’t add up, execution is halted and a person is called in.

Human oversight of decisions

A team member uses a calculator at her workstation, in 2025.
Team · 2025

Each component has a defined scope. Some look up information. Others suggest or prepare documents. Certain actions run on their own, within defined rules; others require approval.

Permissions, execution logs and review mechanisms are part of the design. Professional responsibility remains with the people qualified to decide.

What Super Intelligence Systems means

It is the concept that defines the new generation of Elza: specialised intelligences operating in an integrated way, evolving towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). It rests on years of procedures documented in a knowledge base that Elza consults, on an infrastructure that keeps watch over its own routines and on the experience of a demanding sector, which can guide other applications. Progress is measured day to day: more consistent information, less rework and better follow-up.

All of Brazil

Born in Brazil. Present across Brazil.

Macohin was born in Balneário Camboriú and is now present in Brazil’s 26 states and the Federal District, through Sistema Intranet. In Brazil, the technology and Sistema Intranet remain based in Balneário Camboriú, with André Macohin.

The people who write this story

Behind the system, people.

Portrait of Anderson Macohin
Brazil · Brazilian social security lawAnderson MacohinIn Brazilian social security law since 2005, with in-depth study of the field. In 2008, he brought his legal practice together with his brother’s technology: each within its own structure, one shared project.
Portrait of André Macohin
Brazil · Balneário CamboriúAndré Macohin A graduate in Information Systems. He created Sistema Intranet in 2008. Based in Brazil, he heads Macohin’s technology.

on stage

Anderson Macohin speaks at the microphone on stage, on 10 January 2024.
Anderson Macohin · 10 Jan 2024
André Macohin speaks with a headset microphone, on 29 May 2025.
André Macohin · 29 May 2025

highlights

Alice Bacilla Munhoz da Rocha speaking at the microphone
Curitiba · PRAlice Bacilla Munhoz da RochaPartnership Manager, Projeto Macohin · Speaker
Portrait of Aline Macohin
Aline MacohinDigital service expertCoordinates the digital service lab with Elza, refining techniques that are shared with all the lawyers in the Macohin network.

Gatherings: the network together

The hub also meets off screen.

At the symposia and the tribute evenings, the network that works together through Sistema Intranet meets in person: participants, honourees, the team and the two brothers, in the same room.

The XVIII Macohin Symposium, in Balneário Camboriú, in April 2022: participants gathered in the hall; in front, honourees holding plaques and, in the centre, André Macohin and Anderson Macohin.
XVIII Macohin Symposium · Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina · 22–23 Apr 2022Macohin Symposium · 2022
Guests listen to Anderson Macohin at the microphone, beside André Macohin, on stage, on 10 January 2024.
Tributes · 10 Jan 2024Tributes · 10 Jan 2024
Anderson Macohin laughs with a guest during the gathering of 10 January 2024.
10 Jan 2024
Anderson Macohin and André Macohin beside an honouree holding his plaque, on 10 January 2024.
Tribute · 10 Jan 2024

Encontros Macohin – Macohin Gatherings · September 2026

Those who shared their technical knowledge at the latest event

Talks, a partners’ panel and the service lab: people who took what they learnt in practice to the stage.

  • Alice speaks with a headset microphone, on stage.
    AliceThe client before the case: trust and presence
  • André speaks with a headset microphone, on stage.
    AndréOpened the gathering with the new architecture of Projeto Macohin: partnership, ELZA SI and the service lab with Elza.
  • Cássia at the microphone, on stage.
    CássiaThe interview that prepares the analysis
  • Cinthia speaks at the microphone, on stage.
    CinthiaPartners’ panel
  • Dani reads aloud at the lectern.
    DaniCommunication and event organisation
  • Gabriel speaks at the microphone, on stage.
    GabrielSpeaker at the gathering
  • Karla, in profile, speaks at the microphone on stage.
    KarlaBehind the scenes of drafting and filing
  • Liuani laughs, microphone in hand, during the panel.
    LiuaniService lab
  • Louise speaks at the microphone in front of the audience.
    LouiseClient service, documents and Sistema Intranet
  • Luís gestures as he speaks at the microphone, during the panel.
    LuísService lab
  • Mara speaks at the lectern.
    MaraPartners’ panel
  • Marcelo speaks at the microphone, on stage.
    MarceloThe Classic Method and organising procedural tasks
  • Carpes speaks at the microphone, on stage.
    CarpesOrganising the operation and looking after the people behind the case
  • Marianna speaks at the microphone, on stage.
    MariannaThe Digital Method · Team management and growth
  • Melina speaks at the microphone, on stage.
    MelinaPartners’ panel
  • Neydianne gestures as she speaks at the microphone, on stage.
    NeydianneThe Digital Method · Team management and growth
  • Vero smiles, microphone in hand, during the panel.
    VeroService lab
  • Victor speaks at the microphone, during the panel.
    VictorService lab
  • Jacque speaks at the microphone, on stage.
    JacqueA walkthrough of the payments flow

The principle that endures

In 2008, Sistema Intranet began connecting legal professionals. In 2022, with Elza A.I., artificial intelligence became part of the work. Now, with ELZA SI, Macohin aims to integrate these capabilities to transform the way organisations operate.

Dividir para Somar – divide to add: Macohin’s principle since 2008.

Anderson Macohin (left) and André Macohin (right), in a 2026 portrait
Anderson Macohin (left) André Macohin (right)

thank you

Thank you for believing when all of this seemed impossible.

In 2008, we had an idea, few resources and a conviction not everyone understood.

There were years of closed doors, endless nights and decisions that could have changed the course of our story.

But we kept going.

And at some point, what had seemed unlikely began to happen.

Today, we look back and see much more than a company. We see thousands of professionals who made this idea part of their own stories. We see people who grew with us, families who found hope and a whole generation of possibilities that would not exist without this union.

None of this was built by just two brothers.

Everyone who has been part of Macohin left something of themselves. An idea, an achievement, a lesson. And it is exactly this collective knowledge that now drives us towards a new frontier: ELZA SI.

Almost two decades ago, we dared to imagine a different kind of legal practice.

Today, we dare to imagine a different future.

And if our story has taught us anything, it is that the greatest transformations begin when someone has the courage to believe in what does not yet exist.

To everyone who has been part of this journey: you did not just follow our story. You helped write it.

If you’d like to be part of this group, Elza can talk to you for a few minutes.

Dividir para Somar – divide to add. Since 2008.

← back to home

Films

Macohin’s films, in full, to watch at your own pace. Choose one.

  • Film 01

    Beyond Paper original song

    Macohin’s song, with AI-generated images: from justice that lived on paper to screens – and from screens back to people.

    Sung in English, with burnt-in Portuguese and English subtitles.

  • Film 02

    The world has changed

    The world has changed, and artificial intelligence has joined the conversation. But human beings always adapt.

    Narration in Portuguese.

  • Film 03

    Elza’s message to humans

    Elza speaks about what no artificial intelligence can do: “Leave the weight of repetition to us. But never hand us the weight of responsibility.”

    In Elza’s voice, in Portuguese. One scene deals with emotional distress; if you need to talk, the CVV helpline in Brazil answers free of charge on 188.

  • Film 04

    Elza alongside those who look after the client

    While the conversation takes place, Elza supports whoever is looking after the client: she helps them notice what matters and organises the case for the professional in charge.

    Narration in Portuguese.

Film

Frequently asked questions

Who founded Macohin?

Macohin was founded by Anderson Macohin, a lawyer who began practising Brazilian social security law in 2005. In 2007, he combined his legal experience with the technological knowledge of his brother, André Macohin, who holds a degree in Information Systems. That union gave rise, in 2008, to Projeto Macohin, with the development of Sistema Intranet, bringing law and information technology together in an innovative model of legal practice in Brazil.

What is Sistema Intranet.AI?

It is the platform André Macohin created in 2008, which became a hub for legal collaboration, connecting thousands of legal professionals across Brazil.

The idea, innovative for its time: lawyers from different regions working together on the same case, each doing what they do best. On one side, those who look after the client – the relationship, the first contact and the documents. On the other, those who draft and file the case – the analysis, the pleadings, the appeals and the follow-up of the lawsuit. In between, the technology that connects it all.

A lawyer inland in Brazil’s Northeast, for example, looks after the client, organises the documents and registers the case in Sistema Intranet.AI. From there, a specialised team in another state handles the technical side, always in touch with whoever looked after the client. Documents, tasks, requests and the history of each case stay in one place.

In October 2026, the platform held more than 315,000 case records, across Brazil’s 26 states and the Federal District.

What began in 2008 to connect lawyers has become an ecosystem that connects people, knowledge, processes and artificial intelligences.

How can lawyers in different Brazilian states work together?

Through Sistema Intranet.AI, the shared digital environment of Projeto Macohin. One lawyer looks after the client in their own region; another, specialised in drafting and filing, takes on the technical side and the follow-up of the case. Each sees their own responsibilities, and everyone sees the same history. Local client care, legal specialisation, collaboration at a distance.

It is Dividir para Somar in practice – and it is through this network, by referral between colleagues, that cases arrive.

What does “Dividir para Somar” mean?

“Divide to add.” It is the philosophy that gave rise to Projeto Macohin in 2008: no professional needs to do everything alone.

One professional welcomes the client. Another analyses the case. A specialised team handles the legal work. Technology connects all of these activities – and everyone contributes to a shared result.

In 2008, Macohin began by dividing tasks between people. Today, it also connects artificial intelligences. The principle remains the same.

How does Macohin use artificial intelligence?

At several stages of the work. Elza handles the client’s first contact and prepares the case for the professional in charge, builds the case files, reads documents and checks numbers, searches case law by meaning and follows court decisions. With ELZA SI, these capabilities now work together, as coordinated specialised agents.

What is the difference between Elza A.I. and ELZA SI?

Elza A.I. arrived in Sistema Intranet after the pandemic, around 2022, for specialised tasks: handling the first contact, organising documents, reading, calculating and following up.

ELZA SI – Super Intelligence Systems is the next stage: several intelligent agents, tools and knowledge bases working in a coordinated way, as a single system.

Elza A.I. marked the arrival of artificial intelligence in day-to-day work. ELZA SI is the integration of all of it.

What is ELZA SI?

It is the new generation of intelligence developed by Macohin for the Sistema Intranet.AI ecosystem. Its architecture combines specialised agents that share context, analyse documents, research case law and carry out the technical stages of complex work.

ELZA SI represents Macohin’s evolution towards artificial general intelligence (AGI): systems increasingly able to understand context, relate knowledge and work across different professional activities.

What does Super Intelligence Systems mean?

It is the concept that defines the new generation of Elza: an ecosystem of specialised intelligences that operate in an integrated way. Unlike an assistant that only answers questions, ELZA SI connects agents that interpret information, use tools, collaborate with one another and carry out different stages of the same piece of work – with memory of the context and specialised knowledge.

An intelligence does not need to work alone. When different capabilities connect, new possibilities emerge.

What are intelligent agents and how do they work together?

They are systems prepared for specific tasks. One interprets documents. Another researches legal information. A third organises data or tracks deadlines. Integrated, they share results and collaborate on the stages of the same piece of work – with specialisation, automation and oversight from the people who decide.

Does ELZA SI replace professionals?

No. Technology extends human capability; professional responsibility stays with people. ELZA SI analyses information, automates repetitive tasks and prepares the work that calls for specialist judgement. When something doesn’t add up, she stops and calls in a professional.

Macohin believes in the future of collaboration between human intelligence and computational intelligence.

Does Elza operate outside Brazil?

In Brazil, the technology and Sistema Intranet are developed by Macohin, in Balneário Camboriú.

In the United States, the Elza name is used by a separate company: Elza Artificial Intelligence LLC, Anderson Macohin’s company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with Samara Testoni Destro as CEO.

What is Macohin’s next step?

The evolution of ELZA SI. After almost two decades of connecting professionals, organising information and automating processes, Macohin is focusing its efforts on integrating intelligent agents and increasingly capable systems.

In 2008, Macohin began by connecting professionals. Now, it connects intelligences.

How much does it cost to use Sistema Intranet.AI or Elza?

Sistema Intranet.AI and Elza are not sold as products. They were developed by Macohin for Projeto Macohin and are available to those who take part in the partnership, according to each participant’s access conditions. The technology is part of the infrastructure that connects and supports the network’s work.

Where is Macohin based?

In Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina: Av. Atlântica, 2554 — Sala 06, Centro, CEP 88330-906, Brazil. It is from there that Macohin develops its technologies and coordinates Projeto Macohin, present throughout Brazil.

How can I contact Macohin?

For institutional matters, press, opportunities and technology partnerships, use the contact page.

To join the network, talk to Elza (by voice, in Portuguese) or fill in the partnership form.

From an idea shared by two brothers to a collaboration network across Brazil. From a system created in 2008 to a new generation of artificial intelligence. Macohin’s story has always been about connecting knowledge to turn possibilities into reality.

§14 // Press and recognition

Câmara de Vereadores de Balneário CamboriúPágina Inicial>Moções

Moção de Congratulações N.º 484/2025

“André Macohin, pela liderança visionária à frente da Macohin Gestão Processual, pelo desenvolvimento de tecnologias inovadoras e pela relevante contribuição para o presente e o futuro de Balneário Camboriú…”

Documento assinado digitalmente
Excerpt from Moção de Congratulações No. 484/2025 of the Balneário Camboriú City Council, honouring André Macohin

Moção de Congratulações No. 484/2025 (a City Council commendation)

City Council · 6 Nov 2025Read the motion (in Portuguese)
NSC TotalHome>Especiais Publicitários

IA catarinense já impacta a vida de 200 mil brasileiros

Criado em Balneário Camboriú, o Projeto Macohin usa inteligência artificial para acelerar soluções que transformam o cotidiano de milhares de pessoas

Estúdio NSC
Article photo: Macohin Symposium participants gathered in Balneário Camboriú

Sponsored feature · AI from Santa Catarina already impacts the lives of 200,000 Brazilians

NSC Total · 26 Jun 2025 · Sponsored featureRead the article (in Portuguese)
NSC TotalHome>Especiais Publicitários

Empresa de SC aposta em Inteligência Artificial para transformar a advocacia no Brasil

Empresa apostou no desenvolvimento de ferramentas inovadoras para otimizar processos

Estúdio NSC
Article photo: the Macohin team waving, in a group photo

Sponsored feature · Santa Catarina company bets on artificial intelligence to transform legal practice in Brazil

NSC Total · 10 Mar 2025 · Sponsored featureRead the article (in Portuguese)

§15 · a separate company · United States

A separate company, outside Brazil

Born in Brazil. Present across Brazil. And beginning to reach the world.

In the United States, the Elza name is used by a separate company: Elza Artificial Intelligence LLC, Anderson Macohin’s company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with Samara Testoni Destro as CEO.

Portrait of Samara Testoni Destro
Samara Testoni DestroCEO · Elza Artificial Intelligence (United States)elza-ai.com