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AI Strategy
Where AI fits in your roadmap, and where it doesn't. We separate the durable bets from the noise, then write the memo your leadership can actually act on.
A consulting practice
We help serious teams think clearly about artificial intelligence, and what to do on Monday morning.
Memo Writers is a small consultancy for operators, founders, and executives navigating AI. We write the memo, build the prototype, and stay until the work ships. We also advise on strategy, positioning, and operating cadence beyond AI.
Strategy memosModel evalsAgent designPrototype to prodBoard narrativesOperating cadenceEditorial systems
§ Services
What we do.
Most engagements begin with a short, paid diagnostic, a week of reading, interviews, and writing, and continue into implementation when there is something worth building. We work in small senior teams.
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Implementation
From prototype to production. Model selection, evals, retrieval, agents, and the unglamorous plumbing that makes the demo become the product.
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Writing & Positioning
Internal memos, board updates, launch narratives. We translate technical reality into the language operators, investors, and customers need to hear.
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Operating Cadence
Reviews, dashboards, and decision rituals tuned for fast-moving teams. Less ceremony, more signal.
§ Approach
The work is mostly writing.
We believe most strategic confusion is a writing problem, and most AI confusion is a strategic one. We do both, in that order.
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Read
We start by reading everything: your docs, your code, your customer notes. Most answers are already in the building.
- II
Write
We return a memo. Short, opinionated, and specific. It is the artifact the rest of the work hangs on.
- III
Build
When the memo is right, we build. Prototypes, evals, internal tools, or the production system itself.
- IV
Hand off
We leave behind documentation, taste, and a team that can keep going without us.
§ Journal
Notes from the practice.
Field Notes6 min read
The memo is the product.
Most AI projects don't die from bad models. They die from unclear thinking. A short defense of writing as the bottleneck of intelligent work.
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Strategy9 min read
What to do when the model gets better next Tuesday.
A practical framework for building products on top of a substrate that won't sit still. Where to hard-code, where to leave room, and what to throw away.
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Implementation7 min read
Evals before agents.
Teams keep building autonomous systems on top of unmeasured ones. Why your first investment should be a boring spreadsheet of labelled examples.
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Operating5 min read
The quiet org chart of an AI native team.
What changes when half your colleagues are tireless, fluent, and wrong in subtle ways. Roles, rituals, and a new kind of editor.
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Positioning4 min read
Stop saying powered by AI.
A short style guide for companies who would like to sound like they know what they're doing in 2026.
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Essay11 min read
Consulting in the age of cheap intelligence.
If anyone can produce a deck in twenty minutes, what is the consultant for? A defense of taste, judgment, and the long conversation.
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§ Discovery
Tell us what you're trying to figure out.
A 30 minute call. No deck, no pitch. We listen, ask, and tell you honestly whether we're the right people for the job. Discovery calls are complimentary.