Operator AI with Zachary King About Román Olivera
Román Olivera runs Orban Labs, which builds AI systems for specialist teams at industrial operators. Its work focuses on the documentation that surrounds expert work, such as field and inspection reports, tenders, compliance records and decision trails. He came to Orban Labs after more than a decade in the energy sector, working in field engineering, project delivery and operational leadership.
On Operator AI with Zachary King, he demonstrated Project Flatfish, the system of plain files and folders he uses to run his company with AI agents, including creating a CRM entry by voice from his phone and having agents build and share a presentation.
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Key moments from The Mad Men Era of Knowledge Work: Inside Román Olivera's Agent Brain.
- 0:00Cold open
- 0:42Is AI failure a skill issue?
- 2:33How Project Flatfish started
- 5:06It's just files and folders
- 10:56The node: rules, state and log
- 14:03Fractal design, and a CRM made of folders
- 17:49Live demo: a CRM entry by voice, from his phone, into Codex
- 21:52Cheap models, subscriptions and cross-review
- 26:59The Mad Men era of knowledge work
- 29:52The PhD intern, and turning feedback into context
Orban Labs on Day One
Orban Labs builds AI-enabled software for industrial operators. Its systems capture the work of specialist teams and turn it into outputs such as technical bids…
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