Business Path · LB · HYBRID_SOFTWARE_SERVICE
Agent-spend control-plane audit + policy-as-code package
Opportunity: Cross-rail agent-spend policy / receipt layer · Pays: CFO
The opportunity
same; recurring control maintenance
Target customer: mid-market + enterprise · Why now: control plane needs policy-as-code + cross-rail receipts
Business model
Commercial: productized service (setup + recurring) · Revenue: setup + MRR · Pricing: $10k setup + $500-2k/mo · Automation: SEMI_AUTOMATED
Minimum launch version
productized service — software is not required first.
Step-by-step: {"day_1": "buyer interviews", "days_2_3": "build MVP deliverable", "days_4_7": "land first pilot", "week_2": "first paid engagement", "weeks_3_4": "standardize", "month_2": "3+ customers", "month_3": "automate"}
Financial scenarios (illustrative)
Financial scenarios and full pathway economics are in the report. Public pages keep the pathway framing, not the numbers. Read the report — free during Open Access.
Risks / Substitutes / Falsifiers
Main risks: incumbent absorption
Substitutes: Ramp, Stripe, SpendOS
Falsifiers: no standalone budget, Ramp ships equivalent
Moat / asset flywheel
cross-rail agent transaction + policy decision history — each audited agent deployment adds policy + receipt corpus