From internet-native coordination to AI-native organizations.
We wrote the book on how decentralized organizations govern themselves. Now we apply those lessons to companies building with AI agents.
Where we started
The book that started it all.
How to DAO is a Penguin Random House publication on DAOs — the internet-native organizations that pioneered shared context, transparent governance, and distributed decision-making without traditional hierarchy.
What we learned: coordination doesn't require managers. It requires structure — clear decision rights, shared context, and accountability built into the system, not the org chart.
Now AI is making that model available to every company. Agents can hold context, execute workflows, and surface exceptions. The question is no longer whether to use AI. It's how to organize around it.
Already happening
The companies that grew up on programmable coordination are moving first.
Block
"Hierarchy was just an information router."
Dorsey and Botha argue that hierarchy always solved an information-flow constraint. Their alternative: a company world model, an intelligence layer, DRIs, and player-coaches. Agents handle coordination. People do the actual work.
Read Block's thesis →Coinbase
"No pure managers. AI-native pods."
Armstrong's memo: fewer layers, no managers who only manage, AI-native pods, individuals running fleets of agents. Engineering building production-grade infrastructure with code-first graphs, observability, and auditability.
Read Armstrong's memo →How we help
From "we're using AI" to an organization that runs on it.
Map your organization
We find the coordination overhead, decision bottlenecks, and governance gaps where agents can replace meetings and handoffs.
Design the operating model
Who owns what. What agents can decide. Where humans stay in the loop. How you evaluate results.
Pilot it
We use Corgtex, our own platform, to test the model in production before you scale.
Ready to move?
Most companies are still giving employees chatbots and calling it transformation. The real shift is structural. We can help you make it.
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Straight answers
What does How to DAO actually do?
We help executive teams design AI-native operating models — the governance, decision rights, and coordination structures that make agents productive rather than just present.
What is Corgtex?
Corgtex is the platform we built and use to do the work — mapping organizations, testing agent workflows, and running pilots. You hire us, not software.
Are Block and Coinbase your clients?
No. They're public companies documenting this shift in real time. We reference their work because it's the clearest proof that this reorganization is happening now.