SEVENTH MACHINE

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SEVENTH MACHINE.

Apparatus for multiplying the mind.

Specification No. 7. Raleigh, North Carolina.

Fig. 7.

Six simple machines built the world. The seventh is AI. We design and build it for growing companies, and put it exactly where the work is heaviest.

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The six elementary devices.

Every machine since is assembled from them.

Fig. 1.

The wedge

Humanity's first tool: the stone hand axe.

Fig. 2.

The lever

Moved the great stones of the ancient world.

Fig. 3.

The inclined plane

Ramps raised the Great Pyramid.

Fig. 4.

The wheel & axle

From the potter's wheel to the turbine.

Fig. 5.

The pulley

Raised temples. Still lifts every elevator.

Fig. 6.

The screw

Watered fields. Ran Gutenberg's press.

One law runs all six.

“Give me a place to stand, and I will move the earth.” Archimedes, as it is told.

Load, 1,000 lb. Effort, 100 lb. 1 ft. 10 ft.

Fig. A.

Effort × distance = load × distance.

Specification.
1. Power.
Lift what muscle can't.
2. Force.
Aim it where it's needed.
3. Efficiency.
Less effort, same result.

Fig. 7.

The seventh machine is AI.

For five thousand years, every machine multiplied what our hands could do. AI is the first to multiply what our minds can do.

Muscle × Lever= the Pyramids.
Mind × AI= ten times the output.

It obeys the same law as the lever. It only works when it's placed right, and finding that place is our work.

What we build.

For companies of 25 to 500 people who need more output from the team they have.

  1. Find the fulcrum.

    A fixed-price audit of where your team's hours go, and where a machine would pay them back.

    Blueprint audit

  2. Build the first machine.

    A fixed-fee build aimed at your heaviest load, designed and owned by you.

    Phase 1 build

  3. Keep the shop running.

    Senior engineering oversight each month: we maintain the machines and add new ones.

    Monthly retainer

  4. Take a seat at the table.

    Senior judgment on your leadership team about where every machine goes next.

    Fractional Chief AI Officer

Founded by Ed Holloway, an engineer with 30+ years building software for companies from startups to Disney and Verizon.

Start a conversation.

Tell us where the work is heaviest. We'll tell you where the lever goes.

hello@seventhmachine.ai