From the book Speech is Code

Every workflow is a sequence of decisions.
AI is a new way of optimizing end to end.

Intelligence Factories maps every decision point in your organization, assigns each to the cheapest intelligence layer that produces the right quality, and chains them into agent assembly lines that run while you sleep.

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Edge function — deterministic, near-zero cost API call — reasoning, moderate cost Human — judgment, highest cost

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Speech is Code

The New Fluency
Ryan Orr & Brent de Jong
Expected publication · Q1 2027

The operator's manual for the AI enhanced era

Pre-sale — shipping Q1 2027

The fifty-year dialect monopoly that locked software behind programming languages is over. Code is speech — and now speech is code. This book maps the four truths every organization must navigate, from a former Stanford professor building a supply-chain platform as a solo entrepreneur and a former JP Morgan executive now leading a portfolio of operating companies with thousands of employees.

  • Truth 1: The cost of software collapsed to the cost of speech
  • Truth 2: Every organization needs a new capability to exploit it
  • Truth 3: The first move is offense, not efficiency
  • Truth 4: The Great Optimization transforms the firm itself
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Intelligence mapping

Fortune 5000 Research Series

Outside-in intelligence maps for any public company. We apply the Decision-Point Architecture from Speech is Code to your target — mapping every workflow, assigning every decision through the Jagged Edge Trilemma, and identifying every automation opportunity.

First report delivered — August 2026

6
Departments mapped
27
Workflows inventoried
15
Stack & factory candidates
$17–64M
Estimated annual value

"Your vendor maps roles and tasks. We map the decision hierarchy — every decision point assigned through the Jagged Edge Trilemma and chained into agent assembly lines with guardian agents at every handoff."

Research report

Outside-in intelligence map

$1,000
Per company · delivered in 5 business days

We research your target company using public data — earnings, filings, job postings, org structure — and deliver a complete intelligence factory opportunity map. Same methodology. Same depth. Your company.

  • Priority department identification
  • 27+ workflows mapped at screening level
  • 4 flagship workflows at full DPA depth
  • Trilemma assignments for all decision points
  • Agent assembly line designs
  • Prioritized opportunity matrix with economics
  • Interactive token-gated HTML deliverable
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The methodology

How it works

1. Map the human operator

Every decision point documented with inputs, judgment, output, volume, and consequence of error. We map what the human actually does — not what the job description says.

2. Apply the Jagged Edge Trilemma

Each decision assigned to the optimal layer: deterministic edge function (near-zero cost), generative API call (reasoning), or human operator (irreducible judgment). The assignment drives the economics.

3. Design the assembly line

Decision points chained into agent pipelines with guardian agents validating quality at every handoff. Autonomy governed by the Trust Escalation Ladder — earned through accuracy, not mandated by executives.

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