Figtree — Strategy, Design & Agentic Engineering

TORONTO / SAN FRANCISCO / MUMBAI

01The discipline

Agentic engineering

Useful AI is an operating system, not an interface.

The question is not whether a model can respond. It is whether a system can understand the right context, take the right action, and make its work accountable. That is the engineering discipline behind AI that organisations can actually rely on.

Context that holds

We turn scattered business knowledge into usable context: the right records, memory, policies, and source-of-truth boundaries for each decision.

Action with intent

We connect systems and workflows so an agent can complete defined work—with permissions, approvals, and handoffs designed in from the start.

Reliability by design

We make behaviour observable and recoverable through evaluation, traces, safeguards, and clear escalation paths when confidence is not enough.

02Live deployment / Orange

Internal case study

We deployed an AI operating system internally before recommending it to clients.

Orange is a local-first, always-on agent that operates from its own machine. It connects the tools around a working day, retains context, runs automations, and helps close loops before they become overhead.

The deployment

An operator, not another interface.

Orange brings calendar, email, Notion, Obsidian, task context, and proactive alerts into one operating layer. It is designed to notice what needs attention and take approved action—not wait to be asked a better question.

What FigTree built

Local-first runtime and durable working memory
Connected calendar, communication, and knowledge tools
Automations that surface follow-ups and close operational loops
Proactive Telegram alerts for timely decisions

Why it matters

Living with the system gives us a sharper view of the work that comes before a client deployment: access boundaries, useful memory, recovery paths, adoption, and the human judgment that should remain in the loop.

Orange is our working proof that agentic systems become valuable when they are embedded in a real operating environment. We bring that practitioner perspective to every engagement.