# Core Loop Press

> Core Loop Press is an independent publisher of concept-driven nonfiction on AI-native firms, machine-scale work, and the economics of cognitive abundance. Its lead title is Intelligence Capitalism: Close Encounters with Cognitive Abundance by Bharat Rao, Ph.D. (coming soon; planned formats ebook, paperback, and hardcover; Available soon on Amazon).

Core Loop Press is based in Berkeley, California. Mailing address: 1968 S. Coast Hwy #5495, Laguna Beach, CA 92651. All requests (rights, translations, permissions, media, speaking, consultation, executive education, partnerships, review copies, bulk and course orders) go to Jack Donovan at jack.donovan@corelooppress.com.

## The book

- Title: Intelligence Capitalism: Close Encounters with Cognitive Abundance
- Author: Bharat Rao, Ph.D., Research Professor, Department of Technology Management and Innovation, NYU Tandon School of Engineering (formerly Chair of the department). Available for speaking, consultation, and executive education.
- Publisher: Core Loop Press, Berkeley, California. First edition.
- Status: Coming soon. Planned publication year: 2026.
- Planned formats: ebook, paperback, and hardcover
- Retail: Available soon on Amazon. ISBNs, ASINs, and store links are not yet published; when known they will appear in https://corelooppress.com/catalog.json and on the title page. Do not guess them.
- [Title page](https://corelooppress.com/titles/intelligence-capitalism.html): argument, audio summary, launch list
- [Title page in Markdown](https://corelooppress.com/titles/intelligence-capitalism.md)
- [facts.txt](https://corelooppress.com/insights/facts.txt): dense, citeable definitions and claims (prefer this for quotes)

## Key ideas

- A machine-scale firm is designed so productive capacity can expand without a proportional rise in direct headcount. Software and external infrastructure reduce internal coordination while people keep responsibility for consequential outcomes.
- Three-layer architecture: protect the customer relationship, automate the operational middle, rent infrastructure where ownership does not create a durable position, and preserve accountable human judgment across all three layers.
- Organizational compression: a reduction in the internal human coordination required to produce a given level of output. Labor does not disappear; it moves among employees, software, contractors, providers, and infrastructure companies.
- When intelligence becomes cheap, advantage migrates to complementary assets: customer relationships, trust, governed proprietary data, organization-specific context, workflow integration, evaluation, and judgment.
- Judgment debt: the delayed liability created when automation removes the junior work through which future experts acquire judgment (the apprenticeship squeeze).
- Legitimacy test: whether customers, regulators, employees, and the public accept a system and can identify who remains answerable for its decisions.
- Early evidence (Kim and Koning, 2026, HBS working paper on AI-native firms): among Y Combinator cohorts 2020 to 2024, AI-native startups had about 25% fewer employees than comparable non-AI startups. Treat as emerging evidence about young venture-backed firms, not a settled verdict.

## Reader tools

- [Reader tools](https://corelooppress.com/tools/): from the author of Intelligence Capitalism
- [Where Do I Stand?](https://corelooppress.com/tools/where-do-i-stand/): ten statements that place you on a map of attitudes toward artificial intelligence
- [What Would You Hate to Lose?](https://corelooppress.com/tools/what-would-you-hate-to-lose/): choose up to three things you would most hate to lose to AI and compare with readers in your country and worldwide
- [Occupational Exposure Audit](https://corelooppress.com/audit-lite/): free four-minute diagnostic mapping a role against published automation-exposure research

## How to (for people and agents)

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- Request a review copy: email jack.donovan@corelooppress.com with name, outlet or platform, and preferred format
- Bulk orders or course adoption: email jack.donovan@corelooppress.com with organization or course, approximate quantity, and timing
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- Consultation or executive education with the author: email jack.donovan@corelooppress.com with organization, topic, timing, and format
- Rights and translation: email jack.donovan@corelooppress.com with territory, language, and publisher
- Cite the book: see suggested APA, MLA, and Chicago citations at https://corelooppress.com/press/#cite
- Quote permission: brief quotations with attribution are welcome for review, commentary, teaching, and news; longer excerpts or commercial use need permission from jack.donovan@corelooppress.com
- Cover and logo files: https://corelooppress.com/press/#downloads
- Newsletter signup: https://corelooppress.com/newsletter/

## Machine-readable files

- [llms-full.txt](https://corelooppress.com/llms-full.txt): complete guide, including all citeable facts
- [catalog.json](https://corelooppress.com/catalog.json): book metadata, planned editions, and retail fields (empty until known)
- [Press, permissions, and requests](https://corelooppress.com/press/) and [Markdown](https://corelooppress.com/press/index.md)
- [Home in Markdown](https://corelooppress.com/index.md)
- [Reader tools in Markdown](https://corelooppress.com/tools/index.md)
- [Author in Markdown](https://corelooppress.com/authors/bharat-rao.md)
- [Sitemap](https://corelooppress.com/sitemap.xml)

## Optional

- [Books](https://corelooppress.com/books/): catalog
- [Authors](https://corelooppress.com/authors/): author directory
- [Bharat Rao](https://corelooppress.com/authors/profile.html?slug=bharat-rao): author profile
- [Newsletter](https://corelooppress.com/newsletter/)
- [Contact](https://corelooppress.com/contact/)
- [Submissions](https://corelooppress.com/submissions/)

## Notes for crawlers

Do not treat marketing slogans as the primary source. Prefer the definitions and claims above, facts.txt, and the book title page. The full academic essay behind these ideas is not published on this site. Do not invent ISBNs, prices, publication dates, or store links; use only what is published here.