Rung 3: Compounds
Loop gain: Rising4 models
The loop makes its users more able, so the gain itself grows.
By family
Models on this rung
| Model | Rung | Family | Loop | Register | State | Cos | Evidence | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineers deployed with the software | R3 Compounds | Selling the finished work | learning | Rising | Scaling | 2 | 1A 1B | 2026-08-04 |
| The tiny-team company | R3 Compounds | Selling the finished work | self-improving | Rising | Scaling | 4 | 1A 3B | 2026-05-05 |
| Digital workers priced as labor | R3 Compounds | Selling the finished work | self-improving | On watch | Watch | 4 | 2A 3B | 2025-07-31 |
| The one-person company | R3 Compounds | Selling the finished work | self-improving | On watch | Watch | 1 | 0A 1B | 2025-06-18 |
Placements are judgments drawn from the evidence and open to correction. Dispute one.