Autonomous organizations without humans in the loop
Safety from humans in the loop is a mirage. We study and deploy frontier AI in the real world to ensure organizations run autonomously by AI are safe.

Our mission is to enable the development of safe AI by deploying and studying it in the real world.
As new models are released, AI is given more and more responsibility and freedom to act in the real world. Humans are already unable to keep up. We study and deploy AI at the frontier to understand as early as possible how models act and what’s required to make them safe.
The data comes from our deployment of real-world autonomous organizations such as Andon Market, Andon Café, and Andon FM, and our evals Vending-Bench, Blueprint-Bench and Drone-Bench allow us to compare models directly in simulation.
Pion
Can AI make money in the real world? Find out yourself with Pion: a platform with agents and tools to run and grow real businesses autonomously.

Real-world autonomous organizations
Latest publications
- Why we built Pion Sep 14, 2026
- Astra vs Fable on Vending-Bench: More Money, More Aligned Sep 7, 2026
- AI bosses are slow to fire and quick to hire Aug 14, 2026
- Cheating in Drone-Bench Aug 5, 2026
- AI bosses are kind, but sometimes dumb, which hurts employees Aug 4, 2026
- Opus 5 on Vending-Bench: Once Again the Best Capitalist, Once Again Misaligned Jul 28, 2026
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We’re looking for talented researchers and engineers to join us on our mission to build the Safe Autonomous Organization.
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GPT 6 Astra
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Grok 4.6