Company
Intent Systems builds the context infrastructure that makes AI agents effective on complex systems. We extract the institutional knowledge locked in your source code, data sources, infrastructure, git history, and code reviews—and compress it into a structured layer that every agent reads automatically. We build it, prove it works on your actual tasks, and keep it alive as your system evolves.
Values
Empiricism
We believe in measurement over persuasion. Show the data, prove the claim, let results speak. If something doesn’t work, we’d rather know than pretend.
Depth
We go deep on one problem rather than wide across many. Context engineering is a craft, and the teams that master it will outperform those chasing every new tool.
Systems, Not Services
We automate everything we can. If we’re doing the same work twice, we build a system to do it. The goal is infrastructure that runs without us, not consulting that depends on us.
How We Operate
Results in days, not months.
Automated cartography and eval frameworks let us prove the Intent Layer works on your code in 48 hours. Measured, benchmarked results before you commit to anything.
Your code stays yours.
Read-only access. Standard NDA. Nothing is copied, stored, or transmitted externally. We work within your infrastructure.
Enhance, don’t replace.
We’re not a new platform. The Intent Layer works with Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Codex—whatever your team already uses. Zero new tooling to adopt.
Measure everything.
Before/after benchmarks on real tasks. Token cost tracking. Success rate scoring. If we can’t measure it, we don’t claim it.
Build once, compound forever.
The Intent Layer isn’t a consulting engagement that ends. It’s infrastructure with automated maintenance that improves with every sprint.
Direct and honest.
If the Intent Layer won’t help your situation, we’ll say so. We don’t oversell, and we’ll push back when we think you’re wrong.
Team
Tyler Brandt
Founder
Second-time founder. Previously built ad exchange infrastructure at Amazon and Apple—systems handling millions of requests per second with sub-120ms latency. Left Apple to build Intent Systems. Designed the Intent Layer methodology, built the automated cartography system that powers it, and delivers client engagements that compress 3-month timelines into days. Based in Austin, TX.
Marcus Mauer
Marketing & Growth
Michael Acosta
Sales
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