ArchitectureFebruary 14, 202635 min read

The Algorithm Stack for Agentic Organizations: 10 Essential Algorithms Mapped to a 7-Layer Architecture

Beyond generative AI: a practical computational substrate for self-governing enterprises

An agentic company is not built on generative AI alone. We present 10 core algorithms across language, tabular prediction, state-transition control, graph structure, and anomaly detection, organized into a 7-layer architecture for enterprise governance workloads.

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MathematicsFebruary 14, 202635 min read

Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning for Gated Autonomy: PPO-Based Policy Optimization Under Responsibility Constraints

How Proximal Policy Optimization enables medium-risk task automation while respecting human approval gates

Gated autonomy requires reinforcement learning that respects responsibility boundaries. This paper positions actor-critic methods — specifically PPO — as a core algorithm in the Control Layer, showing how the actor learns policies, the critic estimates state value, and responsibility gates constrain the action space dynamically. We derive a gate-constrained policy-gradient formulation, analyze PPO clipping behavior under trust-region constraints, and model human-in-the-loop approval as part of environment dynamics.

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