Short answers to the questions founders ask most about AOS. For deeper detail, follow the linked articles.
What is AOS, in one line?
A private operating system you install inside your own company that stands up a 61-agent company across 8 departments, with a mission system, an evidence trail, and 5 approval points. See What is AOS.
Is this just a chatbot?
No. A chatbot answers and forgets. AOS scopes real work, assigns it to a named specialist, reviews it four ways, holds the risky parts for your approval, and remembers every decision across missions.
How long does setup take?
About 20 minutes to install. Your first useful week is mostly calibration: setting caps, running a mission or two, and reading your first Friday summary. See How to install AOS in about 20 minutes and Your first week with AOS.
What does it cost?
A one-time install (1,000 dollars for the first 100 founders, then 5,000), 100 dollars per month hosting (or 900 per year), and model tokens billed separately on a capped ledger. No contract, cancel anytime. See AOS pricing.
Are tokens included in the price?
No. Tokens are separate and hard-capped so the one variable cost stays visible and never surprises you. AOS Credits are available today, BYOK is coming soon. See How tokens and AOS Credits work.
What decisions do I still have to make?
Five. Money over your cap, public claims under your name, customer data leaving your boundary, production-touching changes, and audit-trail edits. Everything else runs on its own. See The five approval points.
Will it touch my real tools or data?
Only what you explicitly connect. The default posture is deny, then grant, and moving customer data is itself an approval point. See Permissions and access control and Connecting your tools safely.
How do I know the work is any good?
Every artifact passes a four-step review (builder, QA, reviewer, security) against a written acceptance bar before it reaches you. The evidence trail records each verdict. See Acceptance criteria.
How does it remember things?
Operating memory carries decisions and their reasoning across missions, so you do not re-explain your company every time. See How AOS remembers.
What if a mission gets stuck?
It surfaces in your Friday summary as a blocker with the rationale, rather than silently burning tokens. You decide whether to retry, pivot, or kill it. See Why is my mission stuck.
Can I cancel?
Anytime. No contract. Pause the hosted line whenever you want. The install fee is paid once and your instance and data stay yours.
Who is it for?
Operating founders running companies roughly between one and a hundred million in revenue who have become the routing bottleneck. It runs alongside your human operating system rather than replacing it.
What happens if I stop paying hosting?
Managed hosting stops, but your install is a purchase, not a subscription to access. Your instance and data remain yours, and the install fee is never re-charged. See What hosting includes.
Is my data used to train models?
Not without your say-so. Training opt-ins are part of the customer-data approval point, so any such crossing waits for you. See Data and security.