Field Notes

Notes.

Essays on institutional AI, alternative asset management, and the architecture beneath both. Written in the field, not in the slide deck.

N.001May 2026
Architecture
The Five Layer Blueprint for Institutional AI
A NIST aligned reference architecture for hedge funds and alts, with the use cases that compound alpha in 2026.
~8 minAudio availableNIST AI RMF
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N.002Coming
Diagnostic
The Ten Questions That Size the GapIn progress
How to read a firm's AI maturity in a 45-minute first meeting — and what to do with the answer.
~7 minNIST AI RMFFS AI RMF
N.003Coming
Governance
The AI Council Most Firms Don't RunIn progress
Policy tiers, model use registers, and the monthly cadence that actually scales institutional AI safely.
~6 minGovernanceAudit
N.004Coming
Investment Team
Where AI Actually Compounds AlphaIn progress
Beyond the diligence demo — the workflows where institutional AI moves from productivity to edge.
~8 minAlphaDiligence