Research and analysis

MERIVANT

Research & Field Notes

From the field, not the lab.

Control & Governance

For CTOs and engineering leads running agents in production or regulated environments.

Simple Override Beats Elegant Architecture 2026 A single human override is more valuable than any sophisticated AI governance circuit. The Access Layer Pattern 2026 · technical whitepaper Why reversible typed-placeholder redaction beats traditional DLP for AI governance. The Core Instinct 2026 Local-first AI that runs on your machine, learns on your terms, and answers to you.

Memory & Learning

How AI systems get better from use, not just bigger from data.

Building an AI That Digests Its Own Experience 2026 · field note Most agents act and forget. We built one that prunes what didn't work, archives what did, and gets faster. Crystallization: When Questions Find Their Own Answers 2026 · practitioner observation Questions that sit in the stream and let answers precipitate when enough evidence sticks.

Interfaces & Adoption

For product leads and operators designing how people actually use AI tools every day.

The Instinct Tax 2026 · practitioner observation Every step between impulse and value is a tax on human behavior. Design from the instinct backward. We Organize AI Around People, Not Humanize AI for People 2026 Structural organization compounds. Build AI around human intent, not human comfort. I/O Channels: The Public API Is a Feeling 2026 · practitioner observation Three dots. Glance, drill down, done. Every surface is an I/O channel. Remodel, Gut Rehab, or New Construction 2026 · long-form Three ways enterprises build for AI. Three risk profiles, three honest conversations.