Myriah Knittle
I am building Intrinsic Code because software needs a factory, not just a generator. AI can write code faster than any team can verify it. We manufacture code the way regulated industries manufacture everything else: to a documented standard, with a signed record of what was enforced.
Why I started Intrinsic Code
I spent a 10+ years inside a world class manufacturing facility, where nothing ships without a procedure, a defect record, and a sign-off. Then I watched software get built the opposite way: outputs shipped without process, security claims made without evidence, and AI tools generating code faster than anyone could verify it. In regulated industries that is not a workflow problem. It is a liability.
Intrinsic Code is the factory I wished existed. We do not just generate code. We run a defined manufacturing process: policy-bound generation, multi-agent review, cryptographic validation receipts, and traceable build ledgers. Every build produces a signed record of what was enforced, mapped to named tests.
Our approach is not a metaphor borrowed from manufacturing. It is the same discipline applied to software: defect tracking, release gates, sign-offs. I worked with bills of materials daily. A software bill of materials is the same idea. First-pass yield means the same thing on a code line as it does on a production line.