Chairman authority
Reserved decisions, capital ceilings, institutional amendments and immediate pause controls remain with the Owner.
05 / GOVERNANCE
Intelligence under legitimate authority.
The institution is designed to be autonomous within defined boundaries—not autonomous in defining those boundaries.
AI-NATIVE ARCHITECTUREEVIDENCE-LED RESEARCHGOVERNED INTELLIGENCE
GOVERNANCE MODEL
A hierarchy of authority, not a hierarchy of confidence.
Proposals, decisions and permissions are distinct. High-quality AI reasoning cannot confer powers that policy has not granted.
Executive coordination
The proposed CEO function coordinates priorities, resources and exceptional cross-functional matters.
Independent challenge
Risk and protected assurance functions can challenge or block actions according to their mandates.
Deterministic controls
Software validates permissions, limits and institutional state before accepting consequential commands.
Recorded decisions
Material actions preserve their authority, evidence, dissent and rationale for later review.
Controlled evolution
Improving the institution does not permit it to rewrite its constitution or bypass its referee.
THE HUMAN BOUNDARY
Autonomy must be earned.
TCG’s first operating environment is designed for simulation. Real-capital authority requires separate commissioning evidence and explicit Chairman authorization.
The Owner can pause new exposure. Restarting after a pause or material failure requires appropriate revalidation; silence never expands authority.
OUR DESIGN PRINCIPLE
TCG can earn eligibility for live authority. It cannot grant live authority to itself.