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The Fleet · Orbital Velocity
The Fleet · For established companies

Your whole fleet,
making way together.

AI across your
whole company.

An established company is a fleet — many crews, all under way, most of them fast but adrift. The Fleet is our work with companies in orbit: we fix the destination, then build AI into how you already work to collapse the time to reach it.

The Fleet is our work with established companies. We pin down where you're trying to get to, then build AI into how your teams already work — so you get there in far less time.

For companies past product-market fit — not a startup reaching for escape (Ventures), not a lone navigator (Solo Crossing).

For companies past product-market fit — not early-stage startups (that's Ventures), not individuals (that's Solo Crossing).

ORBIT COURSE · SET
How we work · The crossing
How we work

From a reading to a standing watch.

From first check to ongoing partner.

One crossing, three legs — priced by the displacement it closes, not the hours it burns. You know the number before any work begins.

One engagement, three stages — priced by the outcome it delivers, not the hours it takes. You know the number before any work begins.

α
The ReadingWeeks 1–3 · the fix
The AssessmentWeeks 1–3 · the plan
We fix your present position and your port, take the six sightings, and plot the displacement chart and the straight-line plan. No build begins without a bearing.
We map where you are and where you need to be, assess across six areas, and hand you a prioritised plan. No build starts without a clear target.
β
The BuildWeeks 3–12 · the thrust
The BuildWeeks 3–12 · the work
AI built into how you already work — foundation, infrastructure, agents. First displacement closed inside the first quarter.
AI built into how you already work — foundation, infrastructure, agents. First measurable results inside the first quarter.
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The Standing WatchOngoing · the line
Ongoing partnershipOngoing · the line
Re-read each quarter; tune and add instruments. The velocity between readings becomes a line you can see.
We re-assess each quarter, tune what's live and add more. Your progress becomes something you can track over time.
What "The Build" delivers

AI, rigged into the work.

AI, built into the work.

Not slideware, not a pilot that dies in committee — three systems built into how your crews already operate. Each one, in motion.

Not slideware, not a pilot that dies in committee — three systems built into how your teams already work.

System 01 · Knowledge

The ship's brain.

Your company's brain.

One place every crew can ask the company anything — institutional knowledge made instant, and trustworthy. The core every other system reads from.

One place every team can ask the company anything — your institutional knowledge made instant and trustworthy. The core every other system reads from.

System 02 · Automation

Agents on the work.

Specific, repeatable workflows handed to AI that drafts, reconciles and triages — and hands the hours back.

System 03 · Operating model

Re-rigged workflows.

Redesigned workflows.

The work itself redesigned around the instrument, wired into the daily operation — so a small crew moves like a large one.

The work itself redesigned around AI and wired into daily operations — so a small team moves like a big one.

The Fleet Principle
The core idea

Speed is not the problem.
Drift is.

Going fast isn't the problem.
Going nowhere new is.

Orbital velocity is the exact speed that holds you in a stable path — fast, powered, going nowhere new. The work isn't more speed; it's turning the orbit into a crossing.

Most established companies are already fast — just busy holding their position. The work isn't more speed; it's pointing that speed at somewhere new.

Founding crossings under way — each reading logged here, anonymised, as it makes portFounding projects under way — each one logged here, anonymised, as it completes