Methodology
A briefing is only useful if you can trust the trail behind it.
Where briefings come from
Each briefing starts from your organization map — the peers, competitors, regulators, vendors, markets, people, and topics you choose to follow. Overnight, Maude gathers coverage relevant to that map from public sources, groups related developments into clusters, and writes one synthesis that explains what changed and why it matters to your role. Organizations on your map are verified against public records — the federal IPEDS directory for colleges and universities, and the SEC EDGAR record for public companies — so the entities Maude follows are the ones you mean.
Citations and the source trail
Claims in a briefing carry inline citation markers, and every briefing ends with a numbered source list you can inspect. Maude favors primary and reputable sector sources for consequential claims. Synthesis is judgment, not stenography — but the trail from a claim to its sources stays attached, so you can always check the evidence yourself.
What Maude does not claim
Maude does not read everything, and no briefing pretends otherwise. She reads the coverage relevant to your map and tells you what changed there. A quiet morning is reported as a quiet morning — no filler to justify the email. AI drafts the synthesis; it can make mistakes, which is why the source trail is always attached and why corrections matter (below).
Corrections and questionable sources
If a briefing gets something wrong, or cites a source you consider unreliable, tell us — every briefing email can simply be replied to, and pilot feedback goes straight to the people building Maude. Reported issues inform both the correction and how future briefings weigh that source.
Your map is yours
Your organization map is visible and editable by you: add, remove, and reprioritize what Maude watches. Briefings are prepared for one reader — your briefing and your map are not shared with other customers.
Questions about how any of this works? Get in touch.