PerspectiveResearch
that becomes
companies.
Perspective is an applied research company and venture lab turning philosophy, behavioural intelligence, trust, and systems thinking into practical products and companies. The same shape can be a 6 or a 9. It depends on where you stand. We study those moments, where vantage shapes meaning and better systems can be built.
- Domains
- Intent · Trust · Agency
- Method
- Theory → System → Product
- Outputs
- Papers · Frameworks · Companies
- Stance
- Position shapes meaning
Our identity, 6/\9, captures that philosophy. From one angle it is a 6. From another it is a 9. At the centre, the mirror reflects multiple directions. Meaning is shaped by position, context, and interpretation.
Our palette of black, white, and grey represents the spectrum between certainty and ambiguity. Some things appear absolute. Some things sit in between. The most valuable ideas often emerge from that middle ground, where complexity is not ignored but studied, understood, and transformed into useful systems.
Perspective researches intent, trust, and agency, along with the contexts in which they shift. We turn deep theoretical work into practical products, frameworks, and companies, each built from a research foundation rather than ordinary market assumptions.
Meaning is shaped by position, context, and interpretation.
Companies born from research.
- 01
Potter
Active · Commerce infrastructureA commerce platform built on trust as evidence, letting merchants and customers transact through context rather than friction.
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Mirror(formerly Sonaqor)
Active · Identity & behavioural intelligenceA system for understanding people across contexts. Mirror treats identity as plural, situational, and observable rather than fixed.
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We study what others oversimplify.
Papers and working notes that become the foundation for the products we ship.
- 01 / TGN · 2025Read paper
Trust Graph Networks
A framework reframing trust as portable evidence in digital commerce, moving beyond static ratings toward graphs of verifiable, contextual signals.
TrustCommerceGraphs - 02 / APNP · 2025Read paper
A Person Is Not a Persona
A challenge to static identity models. People are plural, situational, and shaped by context, and the systems we build for them should be too.
IdentityBehavioural intelligenceSystems - 03 / APS · 2025Read paper
Agency Protocol Substrates
Open substrates for agentic systems: primitives, protocols, and reference implementations for software that acts on behalf of people and organisations.
ProtocolAgentsOpen source