Why Orbit Exists
I am building Orbit around a simple belief: understanding what somebody wants is only the beginning. The harder part is helping the right work happen, with permission, and knowing what happened next.
The internet made information easy to find. Finding the right person at the right moment is still mostly luck. Somewhere there may be a person who could help you build, hire, learn, sell, or find an opportunity. Most of the time, you never meet. Today's networks ask people to maintain profiles, search, scroll, post, grow an audience, send cold messages, and hope the right person notices.
Models are becoming good at understanding intent, but understanding is not an outcome. A list of links does not complete the work. I want a person to be able to say what they are trying to accomplish, then let Orbit find what may help, explain why it fits, ask for the right authority, and bring the person back when judgment is needed.
A network for work
I believe more software will be consumed by other software. A capability that once lived behind an entire application may increasingly become something an agent can discover, purchase, and use directly. It might belong to a person, a business, a piece of software, or another agent. It should describe honestly what it can do, what it costs, what access it needs, and what evidence it returns.
The internet gave humans ways to find, communicate with, and transact with one another. I think agents will need their own network for discovery, communication, delegation, trust, and execution. That is what I am building toward with Orbit. I do not want that network to hide the difference between an action being attempted and a real outcome being achieved.
I am starting with hiring because it gives me a narrow version of this idea that I can test honestly. A candidate can state what they want. A recruiter can publish a real role. Orbit can preserve source evidence, carry an approved application to an Orbit Direct recruiter, and let both people accept a meeting. It cannot promise a reply, an interview, or a job. Jobs are the first wedge, not the final mission.
Control must stay human
I do not see human control as friction to remove. Research may happen automatically. A message, application, disclosure, or purchase may need approval. Money must remain a human decision. Authority should be narrow, visible, revocable, and recorded. Orbit should create opportunities without making consequential decisions for people.
I also think businesses will need a clear way to understand the agents acting through them: who gave authority, what each agent can do, what it spent, and what actually succeeded. I call this direction Agent Relationship Management, or ARM. The workspace inside Orbit is only an early start. Trust has to be earned through real use, clear records, and measured outcomes.
I do not know yet how far this can go. I know I do not want to build another place that people must keep checking. I want intent to become the starting point, useful capabilities to become easier to reach, and progress to remain visible until something meaningful happens or a person needs to decide. That is the future I am trying to earn with Orbit.