Ecosystem & Alliances

Grow With AI Economics

Embed R&D Capital Audits into your practice, platform, or portfolio. We collaborate with developer platforms, consulting firms, PE funds, and tool creators to establish predictable engineering economics.

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Technology Platforms & Developer Tools

Integrate your database, vector engine, or compute runtime into our diagnostic ecosystem. Provide automated PDI telemetry and APER benchmarking to shared customers.

  • Standardized REST, PostgreSQL, and MCP integration blueprints
  • Featured placement in integration directory and docs
  • Joint technical white papers and architectural webinars
  • Direct access to enterprise engineering audit pipelines
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Management Consulting Firms

Add R&D Capital Audits to your technology practice. White-label our frameworks for your clients. We provide the methodology; you deliver the engagement.

  • White-label PDI and APER tools for your clients
  • Co-branded case studies and thought leadership
  • Training for your consultants on audit methodology
  • Revenue share on referred engagements
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PE & VC Firms

Embed R&D Capital Audits into your due diligence process. Get a standing advisory relationship for your portfolio.

  • Preferred pricing for portfolio-wide audits
  • Pre-negotiated retainer for deal flow due diligence
  • Board-ready deliverables tailored to your LP reporting
  • Quarterly portfolio health monitoring
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Executive Recruiters

Use the Audit Interview to assess CTO, VP Engineering, and technical leadership candidates. Standardized, bias-reduced evaluation.

  • Bulk Audit Interview licenses
  • Custom assessment tracks for executive roles
  • Data-driven candidate comparison reports
  • Reduced mis-hire rates for technical leadership

Advisory & Licensing Tiers

Structured engagement tracks for consulting firms, advisory networks, and technical service providers.

Referral Partner

Refer enterprise clients for R&D capital audits. Earn standard referral fees on closed engagements.

Free
Revenue share on referred deals
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Licensed Partner

White-label frameworks for your consulting practice. Includes training and co-branded case studies.

$2,500/mo
Annual license + quarterly training
Start Licensed Partnership →

Strategic Partner

Deep technical integration, co-marketing webinars, joint go-to-market pipelines, and custom SLAs.

Custom
Tailored partnership agreement
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Developer & Partner Integration Docs
Protocol Spec: v3.0 | REST / Postgres / MCP

Technology Integration Framework

While auditing engineering systems across high-growth portfolios, we realized that diagnostic frameworks must ingest raw operational telemetry without imposing proprietary vendor lock-in. Real collaboration requires predictable, deterministic integration boundaries across databases, vector stores, edge runtimes, and event pipelines.

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Data Layer & State Persistence

Connects to enterprise PostgreSQL platforms (e.g. Supabase) for sovereign data persistence. Uses Row-Level Security (RLS) to enforce strict multi-tenant data isolation for all audit ledgers and PDI time-series calculations.

PostgreSQLRow-Level SecurityRealtime CDC
02

Semantic Vector & AST Retrieval

Indexes repository commits, architectural changes, and developer pull request cycles using vector extensions (pgvector, Pinecone) for semantic technical debt pattern matching.

pgvectorPineconeAST Embeddings
03

Edge Compute & MCP Subagents

Deploys automated diagnostic tools via serverless Edge Functions (Deno / Node.js) and standard Model Context Protocol (MCP) server endpoints, enabling AI agents in Cursor, Claude, or CI pipelines to run deterministic audits.

Edge FunctionsModel Context ProtocolNext.js Serverless
04

Event Streams & CI/CD Webhooks

Listens to pull request lifecycle webhooks, deployment notifications, and APM telemetry to calculate dynamic Product Debt Index (PDI) deltas and trigger boardroom alerts automatically.

HMAC-SHA256GitHub ActionsAsync Webhooks
integration-client.ts
SDK & Client Initializer
import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';

// 1. Initialize deterministic connection to persistence layer
const supabaseUrl = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL!;
const supabaseAnonKey = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY!;

export const auditDb = createClient(supabaseUrl, supabaseAnonKey, {
  auth: {
    persistSession: true,
    autoRefreshToken: true,
  },
  db: {
    schema: 'public',
  },
});

// 2. Telemetry Ingestion Contract
export interface AuditTelemetryPayload {
  tenantId: string;
  repositoryId: string;
  commitHash: string;
  productDebtIndex: number;
  revenuePerEngineer: number;
  vectorEmbeddings?: number[];
  timestamp: string;
}

// 3. Dispatch R&D Capital Audit event to sovereign ledger
export async function recordAuditTelemetry(payload: AuditTelemetryPayload) {
  const { data, error } = await auditDb
    .from('rd_audit_events')
    .insert([
      {
        tenant_id: payload.tenantId,
        repo_id: payload.repositoryId,
        commit_sha: payload.commitHash,
        pdi_score: payload.productDebtIndex,
        aper_value: payload.revenuePerEngineer,
        metadata: {
          runtime: 'edge-runtime-v3',
          governance_tier: 'enterprise-sovereign',
        },
        recorded_at: payload.timestamp || new Date().toISOString(),
      },
    ])
    .select();

  if (error) {
    throw new Error(`Telemetry ingestion failed: ${error.message}`);
  }

  return data;
}

Mechanism: Connects directly to the PostgreSQL database layer (e.g. Supabase) with authenticated client credentials, enforcing typed telemetry ingestion into the sovereign audit ledger.

Enterprise Security & Compliance Invariants

Zero-Trust Isolation

All database queries execute under authenticated Row-Level Security policies. No single tenant can access another organization's audit telemetry.

Deterministic Verification

Calculations for Product Debt Index (PDI) and Revenue Per Engineer (APER) use immutable mathematical models with cryptographically auditable run histories.

Encrypted Secrets Management

API tokens and database credentials are stored in KMS-encrypted environment variables and rotated on deterministic schedules.

Official Media Kit & Brand Assets

Brand Resources & Assets

Official vector logos, high-resolution insignia marks, color tokens, typography specifications, founder media, and boilerplate copy for partner directories, co-marketing materials, and event announcements.

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Richard Ewing Official Brand Emblem
Official Favicon & Emblem

Insignia Mark (Hi-Res)

Official glowing cyan/magenta ribbon flame emblem for app icons, favicons, and partner badges.

Richard Ewing Dark Vector Logo
Primary Logotype

Dark Mode Vector

Scalable SVG logo with insignia mark optimized for dark backgrounds and headers.

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Richard Ewing Light Vector Logo
Secondary Logotype

Light Mode Vector

Scalable SVG logo for print, white papers, and clean white application interfaces.

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Richard Ewing Official Executive Portrait
Speaker & Bio Media

Executive Portrait

High-resolution portrait photo for keynote introductions and editorial author cards.

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Official Color Tokens

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Typography Architecture

Display & Headings
Space Grotesk

Used for major headlines, metric callouts, and section titles.

Body Text & Prose
Inter / System Sans

Used for long-form essays, executive briefs, and diagnostic descriptions.

Code & Metrics
JetBrains Mono

Used for mathematical formulas, PDI indices, SQL schemas, and JSON APIs.

License: Open Editorial & Partner UseView JSON Spec →

Official Company & Speaker Bios

Pre-approved descriptions for conference booklets, partner directory profiles, and co-branded press releases.

Short Bio (25 Words) - Directory Listings

"Richard Ewing is an AI Economist and Founder helping technology executives audit R&D capital efficiency and govern enterprise AI systems."

Medium Bio (50 Words) - Webinars & Panels

"Richard Ewing is an AI Economist and founder specializing in R&D Capital Audits, technical debt diagnostics, and AI unit economics. His frameworks quantify engineering insolvency risk and optimize technology investments for enterprise leadership."

Comprehensive Bio (100 Words) - Keynotes & Advisory Profiles

"Richard Ewing is an AI Economist and advisor to CTOs, CFOs, and private equity operating partners. He developed the Product Debt Index (PDI), Revenue Per Engineer (APER) benchmarks, and AI Unit Economics models used to audit engineering productivity, detect technical debt accumulation, and govern production AI deployments."

Direct Coordination

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Whether you are building developer infrastructure, managing private equity portfolios, or scaling an enterprise advisory practice, we are ready to coordinate.