ShapePotentialwith MaxwellAI
JerryOverton
jerry@appliedai.studio

LoganWilt
logan@appliedai.studio
JerryOverton
jerry@appliedai.studio
LoganWilt
logan@appliedai.studio
Imaginereducingthetimeyouspendonmanualanalysisorbeing overwhelmedbyvastamountsofdata.Welowerthechaos(digital entropy)ofyourenvironment.Youspendlesstimesiftingthrough informationandmoretimefocusingonwhattrulymatters-making decisions,providingguidance,andbuildingrelationships.
Itcanrecommendportfoliocompaniesandpitchmaterialsthatbest tanopportunity Itcansuggestthebest matchingmanagingpartnerteamandpredictwhichofyourcustomercontactsaremostlikelytobeinterested MaxwellAIcansuggestcrucialskillsetsandskillgapsthatmayexistinyourportfolio
MaxwellAImakesiteasiertorecognizeemergingmarketopportunitiesandmatchthoseopportunitiestoboth theresourcesofyourportfoliocompaniesandtotheexpertiseofyouremployees Itgoesbeyondjustidentifying andsummarizingemergingopportunities.MaxwellAIcanhelpmatchyourcompany’sresourcestomarket needs.
WefoundedappliedAIstudioin2021,buttheStudio’snarrativeandtheStudiomodel actuallybeganAutumn2013.OurC-suite,theexecutiveleadershipofaglobalIT consulting rm,deputizedustoleada“TechTransformation.”Theythoughttheproblem liedintheworkforce.Theskillsandknowledgepossessedbythe100kpeopleemployed acrosstheglobehadnotkeptupwiththeneedsofthefuture.Ourmandatewastohelpthe companyunderstandthedeltabetweentheskillsavailableintheworkforceandthe emergingskillsneededtoregainacompetitiveadvantage.
MaxwellAIactsasanassistantinformingyouofchangingandemergingmarket opportunities.Itsiftsthroughinternalandexternalindicatorsanddeciphersawealthof informationthatwouldotherwisebeoverwhelmingandchaotic.MaxwellAIthengoesa stepfurtherandpresentsyouwithaconcisesummaryofthemostpromisingopportunities ituncovers.Itpreventsvaluableinsightsfromslippingthroughyour ngersdueto informationoverload.Itmakesiteasiertomakewell-informeddecisions.
MaxwellAIhelpstakethegruntworkand guessworkoutofbuildingexpertadvisory teamsfortheopportunitiesitidenti es.By analyzingthedigitalactivitiesofeachteam member,MaxwellAIcreatespro lesthat capturetheirstrengthsandexpertise. MaxwellAIgoesbeyondrelyingsolelyon outdatedpro les.Itintelligentlymatchesthe optimaladvisingteamforeveryopportunity basedonactualrecentactivityandgenuine interests.Itmakesiteasiertokeeptheright peopleworkingtogetherforthesuccessofeach portfoliocompany.
MaxwellAIcanindexpitchmaterialfromeachportfoliocompany.Itcanuseexternaldata sourcestopredictanidealskillpro leforeverymarketopportunity.Itcanbuildand maintainskillpro lesofportfoliocompaniesbasedonthedigitalactivitiesoftheirteams. MaxwellAIusesthisinformationtohelpmatchcompanyresourcestomarket opportunities.
Itsuggestswhichstartupsbestmatchanopportunity.Itpredictsgapsbetweentheideal skillsforamarketopportunityandtheskillsformatchingportfoliocompanies.Itranks andrecommendsportfolio-companymaterialtousetopitchforanygivenopportunity. Maxwellismorethanaresource-matchingplatformforstartupsandmarketopportunities. Itmakesiteasiertohelpportfoliocompaniesbestpositionandpresentthemselvesinthe market.
Thenormaloutcome,inourexperience,forworkforceskillsanalysiswouldbetolayo anyonewith“legacyskills”andhirenewemployeeswith“emergingskills.”But,weknewthe workforceskillsweren’tthemainproblem,andmoreimportantly,thedataavailableto analyzewasn’tcorrectforjudgingsomeone’svaluetothecompany.Instead,wedeveloped novelAIthathelpedemployeesbetterunderstandhowtoleveragetheirtechnical knowledgewhilelearningnewin-demandskills.Thebyproductsoffocusingondoinggood bypeople,wasbetterforthecompany,too. Employeesupskilledthemselvestotransition intomoremarketablerolesforthecompanywithoutsacri cingthevalueoftheircareer experience.
Webelievethatasigni cantpartofthehumanbrainisanuntappedsourceof creativepotential trillionsofneuronscollectivelyneedingtoberescuedfrom chaoticdigitalworlds.
MaxwellAIisnotjustanotherlanguagemodel;it'sasystemthatactivelylowers theentropyofourdigitalenvironment.MaxwellAItirelesslysearchesforwhat youseek,savingyouvaluabletimeande ort.Nomoreendlessscrollingor frustratingdeadends.MaxwellAIprovidesanorganizedhubofknowledge,so youdon’thavetoworryaboutlosingcrucialinsights.Itgoesbeyondjust organizingdata.Itputsinformationintocontext,providingadeeper understandingofitssigni canceandhelpingyoumakeinformeddecisionseasier.
MaxwellAIisourarti cialintelligencetechnologyinspiredbythePhysarumslimemold. Physarumisasimpleorganismcapableofgoal-seekingbehavior.Thissimpleorganism plans,adapts,andrememberswithoutthebene tofabrain.MaxwellAIachievesgoalsby ndingandexecutingactionsequences.WithMaxwellAI,wecreatedacomplexand adaptiveproblem-solvingsystemfromanetworkofcomponentsthatfollowsimple abstractrules.MaxwellAIissoftwarebutit’salsoathing.It'spackaged,delivered,andrun assoftwarecontainers.Itcanrunonpremiseorinthecloudasamanagedservice.
MaxwellAIachievesitsgoalsbyusingAPIs(applicationprogramminginterfaces)to controlthedevicesinitsnetwork.Theresultisagoal-seekingsystemthatcanadaptand assistinarangeofdomains fromindexingpitchcollateraltobuildingidealskillpro les.
OurSoftwareDevelopmentKit(SDK)allowsustocreate specializedAIactionsforyourorganization.Theseactions canrangefromindexingportfolio-companypitchcollateral tobuildingidealskillspro les.MaxwellAI(thearti cial intelligenceengine)useseachactionasapotentialresource forachievingitsgoals.Eachactionactsasapluggableunit, seamlesslyintegratingnewtechnologyandfunctionalityinto yourrunningsystems.
MaxwellAIusesasequenceofactionstoaccomplisheachgoal,continuouslylearningand adaptingbasedonreal-timeobservations.Itnavigatesthroughchallengesandcontinuously adaptstounexpectedsituations.Thebeautyisinthesimplicity.MaxwellAI'sintelligence emergesfromtheiterativeapplicationofthesesimpleyete ectivebehaviors.Bytaking calculatedactions,observingresults,andadjustingtheplanwhenneeded,itbecomes capableoforchestratingintelligentoperations.
Weunderstandthatnotallideasstarto aswinners.That'swhywetakeprojects throughaprocessofcrawl,walk,andrun.First,wecrawlbydeveloping prototypes.Byexperimentingwithvariousideasandconcepts,wedetermine what'strulyworthpursuing.Then,wewalk.Wetaketheprototypesthathave proventheirworthandre nethemintoproductionversions.Finally,werun.We takewhat'salreadyinproductionandscaleit.
Solvingproblemsinthestudiorequiresgatheringgoodresourcesandembracingtrialand error.It’slikeoldcartographerswhowantedtomaptheworld.Theyhadships,explorers, andmaybeoldmapswithseamonstersstandinginforunchartedterritories.Theyneeded tokeepcombiningtheirresourcesuntiltheyfoundthemixthatachievedthevision.The studiomodelrequiresbuildingthewaythrough.It’sadevelopment-ledprocessandone thatmustbecontrolledbythecraftsmen–thepeoplethatactuallymakethings.
RPEishowweeliminatewastedtimeandresourcesonprojectsthatmightnotevenwork. Weidentifytheactualproblemsanddeterminepotentialviablesolutions.Wefocuson identifyingkeyproblemsandcreatingrapidprototypes.Withacondensedtimeline, typicallyjust2weeks,weexploreanidea,determineifitaddressesagenuineissue,andasses itspotentialforsuccess.Witheachproject,weexploreideasandtesttheirfeasibilityto gureoutiftheyalignwithourvision.Theseprojectsmaybeshortindurationbutthey holdimmensevalueinhelpingusidentifytheactualproblemswewanttotakeon.
Inthesprintphase,weputour energyintobuildingout productionreleases.Becauseeach releaserunsontheAIUtility (poweredbyMaxwellAI),wehave theagilitytomaintainatypical timeframeofjust4weeksforeach sprint.It’sduringthesesprintsthat thefocusisplacedontransforming oursuccessfulprototypesinto production-qualityversions.These shortburstsofconcentratede ort allowustofocusonbuildingout production-qualityversionsofthe projectsthathavesuccessfully passedprototype.Thisphaseis whereweinvestinthecreationof productionproductreleases.
Intransformations,weelevatewhat’salreadysuccessfulintosomethingevengreater.
Insteadofstartingbigortryingtoscalefromtheverybeginning,wetakesomethingthatis alreadysuccessfullyrunninginproductionandaddstabilityandscale.Wechannelour e ortsintoareasthattrulydeservetobescaled.Itinvolvesthoughtfulevaluationofwhich aspectsaremostdeservingofscaling.Weprioritizeareaswiththemostpotentialforimpact andeliminatethewastede ortofscalingprematurely.
Projectkicko iseasy.Itstartsbyhiringustoevaluateyourdata.Dataallowsusto understandyouruniquechallenges.Withyourtrustandlimitedaccesstorelevantdata,our engineeringteamcanbeginRapidProblemExploration.We’llcreateprototypesand, together,discoverfeaturesworthreleasingintoproduction.