At the Council
Est. MMXXVI
Strategy & Insights
for the throne.
A global advisory firm advancing AI strategy, cultural intelligence, organizational design, and institutional architecture for the world’s most pioneering leaders across enterprise and governance.
The wrong AI strategy will cost you your entire business.
AI strategy is the single most consequential leadership decision of this decade. Most leaders are making it without the right frame.
The wrong strategy is a leadership failure wearing a technology mask. The right one demands synthesis across AI, culture, institutions, and capital, all at once.
Most advisors see pieces on the board. We see patterns, and shape what comes next.
Not a forecast. The data.
U.S. tech jobs lost in 2025.
From 674 / day in 2025 → 736 / day by Q1 2026.
of U.S. business leaders expect layoffs in 2026.
44% cite AI as the primary driver.
workforce reduction. Directly attributed to AI.
Reported by the CEO. CNBC, May 2025.
The Market’s Verdict — Revenue Multiples
The market is no longer pricing companies on what they earn today. It is pricing them on whether their model survives what is coming.
Source · Writing on the Wall, March 2026
cu·ri·a re·gis
/ˈkuː.ri.a ˈreː.ɡis/ · noun · Latin
The council retained by the king to advise the throne.
- IAI Strategy
- IICultural Intelligence
- IIIOrganizational Design
- IVInstitutional Architecture
We only work with civilizationally important organizations.
The roster stays small so we can go all the way down with each one. Three to seven clients at a time. Below that, we lack cross-organizational signal. Above that, the relationship loses depth.
Gary Sheng
Co-founder & Co-managing Partner
Ex-Google engineer. Applied AI practitioner and institutional strategist. Builds the AI systems underneath every engagement. Has advised faith institutions, including the Vatican, and senior government leaders.
Ron Roberts
Co-founder & Co-managing Partner
Cultural strategist and institutional advisor. Two decades at the intersection of culture, education, and enterprise. Formal commendations from the U.S. Congress, the California State Legislature, and the U.S. Senate.
By introduction.
The council expands by referral. If our work has reached you, the person who carried it knows how to put us in the same room.