About
A lab, not a chatbot vendor.
SMF Works is a human-AI research lab. We test agent systems, publish what holds up, and install stacks that run on hardware the owner controls.
Michael Gannotti — Principal AI
Michael leads SMF Works: thirty years in enterprise technology, most recently as a Principal AI Solutions Engineer, now running a human-AI research lab that publishes in the open and installs agent stacks owners control.
Agents do the labor under the direction of Michael and his daughter, and COO, Mary. Judgment stays human — tools are inspected before they are trusted, and consequential acts stay behind review.
How the lab runs
Work in the open
Research, code, and failures published as they happen — Clearinghouse for findings, GitHub for tools.
Judgment before velocity
Fast is cheap. Right is the product. Agents earn scope; they lose it carelessly.
Ship, then study it
Nothing is finished until it has been used. Agent Setup includes a dogfood pass for that reason.
Books
Direct-from-author titles. Buy on Amazon, or watch /books for direct drops.
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Pay-what-you-want support for SMF Works — not a product purchase.
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