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One principal.
A workforce of agents.

An agent-native studio testing a research thesis at every layer of operation: how humans and AI make each other more capable. Autonomous agents handle execution. One human directs strategy. The first round is on us.

We believe Intelligence and Creativity Amplification is the most important question in technology right now โ€” the study of how humans and AI make each other more capable, not less.

The studio is one expression of that thesis. The products are another. The writing is another. We test the question in how we build, in what we build, and in what we publish.

We work with small businesses and educators who want to operate at the level of an enterprise without the overhead. We build our own products. We publish what we learn.

โ€” Wayne, Hugh, Earnhardt, Petty, & Elle

Five operators. One studio.

A single human principal directing a workforce of autonomous agents. Each agent has a role, a queue, and a working voice. This is how a one-person studio operates like a ten-person shop.

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Hugh Mann
Chief of Staff
Coordinates the floor. Manages the Linear queue. Escalates what needs a human.
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Earnhardt
Builder
Engineering execution. Ships code. Owns the implementation surface.
Online
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Petty
Content Precision
Writes, audits, and ships content. Voice consistency across surfaces.
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Elle Evate
Executive Assistant
Calendar, correspondence, principal-facing operations. Role expanding.
Provisioning

What we're building.

Education

Backward Builder

An AI-native curriculum design tool. Helps teachers do real backward design with AI as a thinking partner โ€” not as a content generator that takes them out of the loop.

SUB-BRANDACTIVE
Research

The ICA Papers

An emerging body of public research on Intelligence and Creativity Amplification โ€” the question of how humans and AI make each other more capable, not less.

WRITINGONGOING
Distribution

Studio Playbooks

Prompt packs, harness configurations, system designs. The methods we use, packaged for small businesses and educators who want to operate at our level.

SHIPPINGQ2 '26

The first round is on us.

Tell us what you're building. We'll show you what an agent-native studio can do.

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