Hone launches Engines: AI that owns business outcomes, with simulation for self-improving harnesses
graceisford · x · 2026-10-09
Hone, a small team of engineers from Cognition, Mercor, Decagon, Ramp and Midjourney, shared lessons from building Engines — AI systems that own business outcomes rather than tasks.
Key points:
- Chatbots give answers, agents do tasks, engines deliver outcomes measured in real dollars: point one at a business metric and it onboards itself, building the agents, skills, and memories it needs.
- Since a company can't be rewound, Hone simulates the systems and people around an engine to replay weeks of work in minutes, enabling self-improving harnesses.
- Customers have reportedly uncovered millions in procurement savings, optimized product funnels, managed credit risk, and grown qualified pipeline.
The team is hiring via DM.
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