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PREVIEW · THE MAALAT AI PRODUCT ENTERS PRIVATE BETA IN 2027. READ A BRIEF TODAY TO SEE THE STANDARD.
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PUBLISHED BRIEFS
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NAMED FRAMEWORKS
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DECISION SURFACES
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SALES CALLS
01 · PRODUCT
MAALAT reads commercial risk across four surfaces — the ones B2B buyers, distributors, and market-entry teams actually face. Every surface has a named framework and a published example.
01 / COUNTERPARTY
Score a buyer, supplier, or partner
Structured risk and recommendation on a specific commercial counterparty — with a named action: renew, exit, restructure, or hold.
02 / SITUATION
Read a shock or regime shift
Time-windowed commercial reading — scored across dimensions, delivered before the risk-off unwinds and the window closes.
03 / PROBLEM
Verify a recurring choke point
Sector-agnostic frameworks — scored dimensions, override triggers, and a workable / marginal / unsafe verdict on the engagement.
04 / SECTOR WATCH
Track a sector’s commercial state
Focused reads on a single sector — considered cadence, published only when the signal is worth publishing to the library.
02 · LIBRARY
Every brief is public, paid-quality, and permanent. Read four before you ever consider engaging.
COUNTERPARTY · BRIEF 01
Nippon Steel × U.S. Steel
Japan & United States · Steelmaking · TYO: 5401
The combined entity is stronger and better-capitalised than stand-alone U.S. Steel — but a U.S. government golden share, an $11B investment clock through 2028, and an unresolved USW contract shape the answer.
RECOMMENDATION
Renew with conditions
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PROBLEM · BRIEF 02
The Distributor Integrity Playbook
Mid-market · Cross-border · Sector-agnostic
Roughly three-quarters of FCPA corporate settlements trace back to third-party intermediaries. This is the verification playbook mid-market operators use — before the enforcement notice arrives.
FRAMEWORK
Distributor Integrity Score
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SITUATION · BRIEF 03
Iran, Hormuz & Gulf B2B
Two windows · Six sectors · As of July 2026
Two windows of commercial disruption thirteen months apart, with opposite signatures. The first application of the MAALAT Situation Score — six dimensions, 94% confidence coverage, aggregate delta +3.5.
FRAMEWORK
Situation Score
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PROBLEM · BRIEF 04
China B2B Structural Risk
Foreign operators · Sector-agnostic · July 2026
Four choke points. Thirty scored dimensions. Three override triggers. One 0.0–5.0 composite that tells a foreign B2B operator whether a China engagement is workable, marginal, or structurally unsafe.
FRAMEWORK
China Structural Risk Score
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NEW BRIEFS PUBLISHED ON A CONSIDERED CADENCE. NO PROMISE, NO SCHEDULE — ONLY WORK THAT MEETS THE STANDARD.
03 · METHODOLOGY
Every score is auditable. Every claim is sourced. Every recommendation is named. This is the methodology that will underpin the MAALAT AI product.
IP · 01
Counterparty Score
Structured buyer, supplier, and partner risk with a named recommendation.
IP · 02
Distributor Integrity Score
Third-party verification across identity, activity, and control.
IP · 03
Situation Score
Time-windowed reading of a shock across six commercial dimensions.
IP · 04
Problem Framework
Choke-point analysis with override triggers and composite verdicts.
IP · 05
China Structural Risk Score
Workable, marginal, or structurally unsafe verdict on a China engagement.
IP · 06
Feasibility Framework
Country- and budget-tiered feasibility work for founders and operators.
04 · ENGAGE
Three steps from question to answer. Written scope, fixed price, considered delivery.
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Submit a brief request
Send the decision you’re trying to make. Country, counterparty, sector, timeline. No forms, no discovery call — just the decision.
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Fixed scope, fixed price
We confirm scope and price in writing within 48 hours. You pay upfront. Delivery windows are named, not negotiated.
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Read the brief. Decide.
You receive a decision-grade brief — the same standard as the four in the Library. The document carries the answer.
05 · FEASIBILITY
MAALAT engagements are tiered by the weight of the decision — from a single-country situation read to a full multi-market entry framework.
TIER 01
$500 – $2,500
Situation Read
One country, one situation. Six-dimension scored read with a named window.
TIER 02
$2,500 – $10,000
Counterparty or Distributor Brief
Structured verification of one commercial counterparty or third-party intermediary with a named recommendation.
TIER 03
$10,000 – $75,000
Sector or Problem Framework
A single sector or recurring commercial choke point, scored across dimensions with override triggers and a composite verdict.
TIER 04
$75,000 – $500,000+
Market Entry or Multi-Country
Full feasibility framework for a market entry or multi-country programme, delivered as a sequenced brief series.