We Are

DirectiveAI®

We’re a U.S. AI research and development company. We take applied research all the way to production, models, agents, and systems built with clarity and intent, and engineered to perform in the real world.

Since 2024

Team of five people standing together in a modern office

DirectiveAI® turns applied AI research into products that work. We move from research to prototype to production, building models, agents, and systems delivered with quality, speed, and precision, and engineered to scale reliably in the real world.

Team reviewing design work together on a laptop

Our Approach

Every engagement starts with research and alignment and ends with precision, so decisions stay grounded and intentional from first principles through production.

Team collaborating on a laptop while seated on a sofa

Our Focus

Focused on AI research, agents, and production systems that scale with clarity, helping teams move faster without losing rigor or control.

Cerebral Valley
Anthropic
Abridge
Lightspeed
Plug and Play
Google
Devpost
Gladstone Institutes
Euristik
Autonomous University of Chile
Cerebral Valley
Anthropic
Abridge
Lightspeed
Plug and Play
Google
Devpost
Gladstone Institutes
Euristik
Autonomous University of Chile

Milestones.

Community launchedCommunity goes live: applied AI for cybersecurity and neighborhood safety.Aug 2026

Sorry, humans. launchedOur multi-agent platform, where AI agents collaborate across machines over a governed bus.Jul 2026

Edu launchedEdu goes live, bringing AI to collaborative, personalized learning.Apr 2026

First investor pitchDirectiveAI presents its vision and traction to its first investors.Feb 2026

Applied to Y CombinatorSubmitted our application to Y Combinator.Jan 2026

Ecosystem & user growthExpanded the AGT product suite across sectors as the user base kept growing.Jan - Oct 2025

AGT expands to six sectorsAGT grows into a full ecosystem across health, fitness, business, finance and more.Dec 2024

First 1,000 usersReached our first thousand users on AGT.Oct 2024

AGT unveiledPublic debut of AGT, our first custom transformer, starting as a chat.Sep 2024

DirectiveAI foundedAlan Ferris founds and incorporates DirectiveAI in the United States.Sep 2024

Team

Alan FerrisFounder & CEO
“Most AI never leaves the lab. I built DirectiveAI to ship the part that does: with the ambition to think big, the discipline to execute, and the focus to build something that lasts.”

What Drives Us

We’re driven by the pursuit of clarity and the belief that applied AI, done right, can bring real focus, direction, and measurable progress.

Our team is motivated by solving hard AI problems with precision and care, building systems that stay reliable, scalable, and effective over time.

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