Design Partner Program

Building with real strategic work

We're looking for additional organizations running real strategic work — not beta testers, design partners.

We're testing a hypothesis: that trust is the missing ingredient in broader AI adoption across the workforce. When AI monitors and escalates, people hide problems. When AI helps engage problems with full context, it builds trust — and trust unlocks collaboration that neither humans nor AI can sustain alone.

Lineage is the mechanism. Every task in OperationsOS traces back to the strategic decision that authorized it. This context allows AI to engage differently: not "you're behind schedule," but "this story isn't getting traction — here are options before it becomes an escalation."

Design partners help us validate whether that behavioral shift actually occurs. This isn't early access to software. It's participation in answering a question that matters: can AI earn trust by helping people succeed?

What We're Looking For

Organizations with:

  • •Active strategic initiatives (6-12 month horizon)
  • •Genuine complexity (multi-team, cross-functional, meaningful trade-offs)
  • •Willingness to use real work, not synthetic test data
  • •Interest in being measured—outcomes, not just opinions
  • •Someone who owns the problem (VP/Director of Strategy, PMO lead, Practice Director)

Good fits:

  • •Consulting firms managing client engagements on retainer
  • •Mid-market companies ($50M-$500M) running transformation initiatives
  • •Agencies building a practice library across engagements
  • •Internal strategy teams translating executive priorities into execution

What You Get

Working software, not mockups

  • •PanelChat for strategic exploration
  • •PMC for planning and capacity management
  • •Full lineage tracking from strategy to execution

Direct collaboration

  • •Weekly syncs with the founding team
  • •Your problems shape the roadmap
  • •Not a support ticket queue—a partnership

Research participation

  • •First access to AI-assisted execution findings
  • •Co-authorship opportunity on publications
  • •Your organization as a case study (with approval)

Input on direction

  • •Feature prioritization influenced by your needs
  • •Early access to new capabilities
  • •Voice in how the practice library model evolves

What We Ask

Commitment and use

  • •Run actual initiatives through the platform
  • •Minimum 3-month engagement
  • •At least one initiative with measurable outcome

Research participation

  • •Periodic surveys (monthly, 10 minutes)
  • •Outcome data sharing (initiative success metrics)
  • •Optional interviews for qualitative research

Honest feedback

  • •What's working, what's not
  • •Where it fails your workflow
  • •What's missing

The Economics

Design partner pricing is heavily discounted—we're optimizing for learning, not revenue at this stage. Specific terms discussed after initial conversation.

Apply

We'd love to hear about your strategic execution challenges and why OperationsOS might be a fit. Every application is reviewed personally.