Vision
Vision & Belief
Pre-execution control plane for agent actions - where intent becomes provable.
The future doesn’t need smarter machines.\nIt needs machines that never lose intent.
The real fear behind AI
- Systems acting without explanation
- Decisions happening faster than human oversight
- No clear answer to who approved what, and why
- Damage discovered after the fact
- Responsibility that can’t be assigned
People call it spooky, unpredictable, out of control - the ghost in the machine.
The truth about the ghost
“The ghost in the machine is what happens when intent disappears.”
When intent is implicit.
When authorization is inherited.
When actions outlive the reason they were allowed.
Nothing is technically broken. The system is doing exactly what it’s permitted to do. And that’s the problem.
Our belief
We don’t believe the solution is adding more intelligence. We believe the solution is removing ambiguity.
When intent is explicit, bounded, and accountable, machines stop feeling haunted.
Where we intervene
Most systems try to control AI at training time, prompt time, at login, or after damage. We intervene at the moment of action - right before something irreversible happens.
How the world changes with explicit intent
Without explicit intent
Human → AI Agent → API → Action
Intent is assumed. Accountability fades instantly.
With explicit intent
Intent
↓
Policy + Identity + Context
↓
Action (or Block / Step-Up / Audit)
- Machines never “decide” on their own
- They ask, every time
- Scope is bounded
- Identity is attached
- Every action is explainable
There is no room for a ghost.
What we’re building
We’re not selling auth. We’re not selling middleware. We’re not selling dashboards. We’re building a future where automation never outruns accountability.
- • Where intelligence scales - but intent never disappears.
- • Where autonomy grows - but scope stays bounded.
- • Where speed increases - but actions remain provable.
Example receipt
decision=needs_review matchedPolicy=policy_high_risk_transfer reason=Approval required for irreversible action traceId=trc_****
Our north star
This isn’t just architecture. It’s a belief system.
- • anchors intent
- • narrows scope
- • preserves meaning
- • prevents emergence
Intent → Policy → Approval → Session → Action → Audit
“The ghost in the machine is what happens when intent is lost. We exist to make that impossible.”
See intent become action-level proof.
Walk through the architecture, controls, and receipts end-to-end.