A live AI company experiment shows why spotting a crisis isn’t enough—and how businesses can wargame their own playbooks with a read-only pilot.
Before You Trust an AI With the Workshop Keys, Put It Through a Bad Week
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You Wouldn’t Buy a Table Saw Without a Test Cut. Why Would You Buy an AI Without One?
A new open league ran five AI models as CEOs of the same failing software firm. The newcomer from Moonshot beat three of four Western rivals.
Why a Benchmark That Gives 26 Points for Doing Nothing Might Be the Most Honest One Around
An AI benchmark gives 26 points for doing nothing and caps the grade on a single breach of trust. That’s what honest measurement looks like.
Sanded to Perfection, Never Assembled: What a Woodshop Lesson Taught Me About AI Managers
The most thorough AI in a live management experiment did the deepest analysis — and finished last. A woodshop lesson in why finishing beats polishing.
Measure Twice, Close Once: What a €55,000 Buried Fact Teaches Us About AI That Reads the Manual
Four AI models ran the same company’s worst week. The €55k deal hinged on one habit: reading the file two references deep before answering.
A Sharp AI Is Not Yet a Shop Foreman
Coding benchmarks reward polished answers. Firmulate asks whether AI agents can read the files, resist pressure and actually close the deal when it matters.
Would You Trust This AI to Run Your Workshop?
A live quiz turns 242 unedited AI management decisions into a test of judgment, follow-through and trust under pressure. Can you spot the model?
Before AI Gets the Keys to the Workshop, Test Whether It Can Be Tricked
A live business wargame found 5 frontier AI models resisted fake-CEO pressure, showing integrity can be tested before agents enter production.
An AI Company Has Put Its Workbench—and Cash Clock—On Public Display
Firmulate puts 13 synthetic employees, a public cash countdown and every versioned workday on display as its software company fights to survive.
Don’t Buy the Demo: What a Week-Long Shop Test of Five AI Models Reveals
Five frontier AI models ran the same company through its worst week. All five spotted every crisis — but only two signed the deal. Here’s why it matters.
