Ventures
What I Build
The useful AI story is not a credential list. It is proof: live products, active advisory work, operator media and the lessons from experiments I have deliberately parked or archived.
Chart Reporter
Chart Reporter automates the manual collection and reporting of trading performance data into actionable insights for the individual Forex trader. Built end-to-end as a solo operator.
Traders using MetaTrader 4 and MT5 Expert Advisors generate enormous amounts of performance data - but extracting, visualising, and acting on that data has always been manual, tedious, and error-prone. Chart Reporter solves this with a live analytics platform that connects directly to trading accounts.
| Stack | Next.js, Supabase/PostgreSQL, Vercel |
| Status | Live product - open beta |
| GTM | Direct-to-consumer subscription |
Sites by Agents
Sites by Agents is a parked product concept for agent-assisted website delivery. It proved the delivery pattern: crawl, brief, design, copy, build, SEO audit and security review through a small coordinated agent pipeline.
Good idea, wrong bandwidth window. It is paused while the priority shifts to AI Operators, Syllogism and Chart Reporter.
The lesson still matters: AI is most useful when it compresses an actual workflow, not when it becomes a demo looking for a business model.
| Stack | Next.js 15+, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Sanity CMS, Vercel |
| Agents | Lois (crawl), Jimmy (design), Cat (copy), Felicity (build), Batman (SEO), Kryptonite (security), Clark (docs) |
| Status | Parked - useful delivery pattern, not current GTM focus |
Sairgent
Sairgent was an early attempt at a business-in-a-box agentic operating system. It was wound down after Hermes converged on much of the same architecture faster than expected.
The product is archived, but the operating philosophy remains: hierarchy, accountability, persistent context, small reliable systems and value math before tool choice.
Those lessons now show up in Valid Agenda's consulting, Syllogism workshops and the way I build internal operating systems for real work.
| Governance | Value Math requirement on all proposals. 48-hour ship rule. Persistent memory and audit trail. |
| Status | Archived - lessons retained in Valid Agenda operating practice |
Syllogism
Syllogism is a joint venture between Valid Agenda (Dave) and Esource (Richard Webbe). We accelerate AI adoption for mid-market businesses by moving from 'Novelty' to 'Payback.'
Richard brings high-stakes sales pedigree (ex-Cisco, ex-Telstra). Dave brings the technical architecture and agentic systems. Together, we deliver AI strategy workshops, governance frameworks, and implementation roadmaps grounded in operational reality.
Our methodology - the AI Blueprint - starts with the Cost of Inaction, not the technology. We help leaders see where AI will actually pay back before they buy a single tool.
We also produce the AI Operators Podcast - a weekly show exploring the tactical edge of AI agents, governance, and the transition from manual work to orchestration.
| Model | 50/50 revenue split, co-owned IP |
| Services | AI strategy workshops, governance frameworks, implementation roadmaps, OAIC ADM compliance advisory |
| Podcast | AI Operators - weekly on Spotify and YouTube |