Research library

Publications

A versioned record of reports, working papers, technical notes, experiments and position papers from VALO Research.

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Research synthesis · September 2026

Verification Bandwidth and the ACE Economy

Connects Catalini, Hui and Wu's verification-bandwidth thesis to ACE, Governed Completion Units, AARI, HEIMEL, Veritas and the wider scarcity-migration model.

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Quantitative stress model · July 2026

Agentic Execution Risk

A falsifiable logistic stress model for autonomous-agent proliferation, complexity-weighted failure rates and incident exposure.

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Operating model · September 2026

Portable Capability Factory

A general model for turning distributed people, models, tools and specialist capability into bounded, evidence-backed outcomes.

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Research paper · September 2026

Useware

Software lifetime as a runtime variable. A proposed execution model where identity, state, authority and evidence persist while task implementations may be synthesized, used, verified and decomposed.

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Applied research · Edge AI · September 2026

Universal Retrofit Intelligence

A local edge architecture for adding sensing, perception and governed action to existing buildings, machines, utilities and field assets without replacing the installed base.

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Research collaboration · Phase 0

Aurora-Lens × VALO Research

A bounded, non-exclusive collaboration examining governed evidence admission, persistent PEF state and the non-reversible boundary before execution authorisation.

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Living technical note · Current version

What VALO Is

A living architecture overview of governed intelligent action. This document is not peer reviewed and may change as contracts, tests and evidence mature.

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Visual explainer · Reference artifact

Agent Authorization Layers

A visual explanation of authorization boundaries around agent action. Published as an explanatory artifact, not as independent validation.

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Technical explainer · Reference artifact

Authority Infrastructure

An introductory technical surface describing authority as infrastructure for systems that act.

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Status and maturityWorking note, preprint, technical report, peer-reviewed work or archived version.
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