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Chances are, your <span class="state-term" tabindex="0" aria-describedby="agent-examples">agents<span class="state-tooltip" id="agent-examples" role="tooltip">e.g., codex, claude, claws</span></span> are either locked up or running wild.
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No direct
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Maximum safety<br />
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<strong>Limited use</strong>
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<span>or</span>
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<h2>Free-range</h2>
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<span class="state-term" tabindex="0" aria-describedby="direct-examples">Direct<span class="state-tooltip" id="direct-examples" role="tooltip">Running in prod, playing with fire.</span></span>
access to state<br />
Maximum agency<br />
Maximum risk<br />
<strong>Good luck</strong>
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It doesn't have to be this way.
<span>OneWill offers you a middle ground.</span>
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<section class="interlude" id="boundary" aria-label="The answer">
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<span>Introducing the Agent-World Boundary</span>
<strong>
OneWill: Agent Hamsterball<span class="disclaimer-term" tabindex="0" aria-describedby="hamsterball-disclaimer">*<span class="disclaimer-tooltip" id="hamsterball-disclaimer" role="tooltip">Please do not put actual hamsters in hamsterballs, it is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamster_ball#Criticism" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">not good</a> for them. But agents are OK!</span></span>
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<span class="stage-note stage-note-top">move safely</span>
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<p class="ball-caption" id="hamsterball-caption">Observe. Mediate. Control.</p>
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OneWill is the boundary between the agent and the world.<br />
Every action is observed. Every effect is mediated.<br />
You remain in control with governance, provenance, rollback, and more.<br />
Read how it works <a href="/blog/">here</a>; see the animations below for an idea.
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<figcaption>Reversible</figcaption>
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<h2 class="team-label" id="team-title">Team: Two CMU CS PhDs in ML for Database Systems</h2>
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<h3>Will Zhang</h3>
<p>CEO · CMU CS PhD · MongoDB Fellowship</p>
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<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eYMS0DUAAAAJ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Scholar</a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhang-william/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a>
<a href="https://x.com/17zhangw/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">X</a>
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<strong>Experience includes:</strong>
<span>Microsoft GSL</span><span>SingleStore</span><span>NVIDIA</span>
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<h3>Wan Lim</h3>
<p>CTO · CMU CS PhD · National CTF Win</p>
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<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=g3njfFIAAAAJ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Scholar</a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lmwnshn/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">LinkedIn</a>
<a href="https://x.com/lmwnshn/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">X</a>
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<p class="experience">
<strong>Experience includes:</strong>
<span>Microsoft Research</span><span>Amazon Aurora</span>
</p>
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<p class="credibility-note">
We met in the <a href="https://db.cs.cmu.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CMU Database Group</a>
and have worked together since 2018.
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<h3 class="section-label">Advisor</h3>
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<a href="https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">
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<strong>Andy Pavlo</strong>
<small>CMU professor · The Databaseologist</small>
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<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u1UDm4wAAAAJ" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Scholar</a>
<a href="https://x.com/andy_pavlo/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">X</a>
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<p class="support-label">Backed by</p>
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<a href="https://speedrun.a16z.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="a16z Speedrun">
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<a href="https://essencevc.fund/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Essence Venture Capital">
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<a class="tall" href="https://tallvc.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tall Ventures</a>
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<p class="support-label">Angels</p>
<p>
Nikita Shamgunov (co-founder of
<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/databricks-to-buy-open-source-database-startup-neon-for-1b/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Neon</a>
and
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SingleStore" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SingleStore</a>).
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<p>Current/former employees at OpenAI, Citadel Securities, and Bridgewater.</p>
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