The thesis

A unit of workfor intelligence.

Experiments, frameworks, and field notes from the program behind quirq. Hypotheses ship with falsifiers; results land here as they land.

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The quirq and Levanto wordmarks side by side, over a lit edge of glass sending four bands of colour to four different heights.Featured17partner studyChoosing the right model per task: a study with Levanto SageA two-round study with Levanto on 90 tasks from XO Space's own development. When Sage chose the model and effort level for each request, and unfinished work was retried once on a stronger layer, quirq AI's XO platform completed 84 of 90 tasks against 83 for an all-Opus baseline, for half the total cost.October 2026 · 20 min read
A faceted glass solid in darkness, splitting light into full spectrum bands.01unit of accountThe quirqThe unit of measurement for AI's business impact: budgeted by a human, minted by verification, dual to the token.2 min read
A closed loop of glass refracting a spectrum back into itself.02unit of workUnit of workThe contract that replaces the prompt: a job with a definition of done, a budget, and a single owner, living in a workspace.3 min read
A tall prism resolving one white core into ordered bands of colour.03the calculusThe quirq calculusEvery calculation in quirq accounting: scoring, the mint, the all-in cost model, unit and portfolio metrics, the time axis, and the energy bridge.5 min read

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