- Strategy: Proposed — Q2 · was Q3 · unscheduled · Held for you
- Product: Task — Public API v1 — keys, limits, docs
- Marketing: Draft — “Today we're opening the API.”
- Engineering: Finding — Auth middleware already meters per key. Limits are config, not a build.
An org you steer. Not one you assemble.
Five desks that work on your company between your messages — off one shared Brain, with receipts.
Four desks moved · $0.62 under your cap · one decision waits for you.
Each one decided something this week.
Pick a desk. Every call it made needed something your company had already written down — and exactly one of them stopped and waited for you.
Your strategy still lives in a thread only you can open.
Open Strategy- Neutral across tools88We sit above any single vendor, so switching never traps the customerPositioning· Strengthening
- Governed action81Every autonomous step passes an approval gate, so teams trust the agent with real workTechnology· Stable
- Swappable models8264Route any model, insulating customers from single-provider riskTechnology· WeakeningMoved
- Land where work happens47Reach compounds per connector — weakest bearing in the thesisDistribution· Weakening
- Cross-surface memory73Governed memory no single vertical tool can replicate across departmentsData moat· Strengthening
Bundled agents still arrive without your context or your record.
Thesis edit held for you
- Watches
- Competitor moves, pricing pages, and your own five bets.
- Decides
- Swappable models drops 82 → 64, with the countercase kept.
- Holds
- The thesis edit. You write the record.
One brain. So the second signal is cheaper.
A desk writes a decision once. Every other desk reads it. The question does not come back.
The public API moves to Q2
Hold the announcement until the docs page is live.
approved by you · Tue 07:04
- Mar 3$0.62
- Mar 17$0.05
- Mar 19$0.03
- Mar 24$0.04
- Mar 28$0.02
Four asks since · $0.14 · not one of them reached you.
You keep every one-way door.
Most of what a desk does never reaches you. The rest stops at a door and waits.
Complete reversible internal work; ask before irreversible actions or external commitments.
- 02:14#1846 · rate-limit headers · 2 of 47 checks failed → fixedWritten · 02:14
- 02:51#1846 · merge to main · 47/47$0.84Shipped · 02:51
- 05:30#1851 · quarantine flaky test$0.22Shipped · 05:30
- 06:10Runbook · #1842 rolloutWritten · 06:10
- 06:12On-call note · #1842 rolloutWritten · 06:12
- 07:22#1842 · production flag$3.10
decisions/public-api.md — hold the announcement until the docs page is live
Held for you
Straight answers.
Can a solo founder actually run on AI Squads?
Yes. Connect what you already use, turn on the desk that hurts, keep every one-way door. You remain the judgment layer; the desks remove the busy work and the re-explain tax.
Solo founder breakdown →Can I leave a squad off?
Yes. Squads are opt-in. Approval boundary is per capability: Ask after changes, Draft then ask, or Act within limits. Nothing takes over the company by default.
Approval boundaries →How do I stop runaway spend?
A monthly credit budget per capability, hard-stop when the cap hits, and kill switches outside the agent runtime. Cost control is first-class — not an afterthought.
Caps & hard-stops →What if the squad is wrong?
Wrong judgment is contained. Reversible work carries receipts and undo. One-way doors stay held. Cascades have cooldowns, depth limits, and circuit breakers so a bad call cannot silently fan out overnight.
Receipts & undo →How do squads relate to tasks?
When a squad finds work, it cascades a normal task onto the same board — with context attached. Tasks execute; squads decide what is worth opening. You are not managing five agent threads.
Tasks →Is the PM surface a sixth squad?
No. Autonomous PM and board hygiene live in Tasks. Squads own functions (Engineering, Marketing, Customers, Product, Strategy).
Autonomous PM →How are AI Squads different from an agent builder or agent store?
Builders give you parts. HiveBase gives an operating model: department desks, a shared company Brain, continuous watch, handoffs, receipts, credit budgets, and autonomy by blast radius — not a kit you wire yourself.
DIY vs pre-wired →Stay lean. Add the desk that hurts.
Budgets and one-way doors stay yours.