Minimalis
Shrink the model
The smallest AI system that does the job.
Task: route incoming invoices
| Written limit | Cannot approve payments |
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The problem
Organizations buy more model than the task needs, and inherit its risks and costs.
What it would do
Scoping and building the least powerful tool that works, with its limits written down.
Who it is for
Organizations adopting AI for a specific task.
Illustrative sceneA proposal for a general agent becomes a single checked form.
How it would work
- Start from the task, not the model.
- Build the least powerful tool that works.
- Write down what it cannot do.
Governance
The articles of the governance framework this company leans on most. All eight apply.
- Article 3Every system can be stopped.
- Article 5Claims carry a date and evidence.
- Article 8Obligations scale with risk.
Status. Development stage. No customers, no live product.
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