Autonomous business with verifiable AI.
AUTOBUS represents a business initiative as a structured network of tasks. It combines the semantic flexibility of LLM agents with the deterministic rigor of logic programming, grounded in your enterprise data.
Built for data-rich organizations where workflows span across teams and where compliance, constraints, and auditability are non‑negotiable.
AUTOBUS is enterprise-first, not department-first
Traditional enterprise systems optimize isolated workflows. LLM agents add semantic ability, but can be unreliable in long, business rules-heavy reasoning. AUTOBUS treats the business initiative as the primary unit: an end-to-end objective with tasks, rules, data, metrics, and actions.
Represent initiatives as structured task networks
Each task has formal pre-/post-conditions, required data, evaluation metrics, task rules, and executable actions. Tasks can run in parallel and be iterative.
Generate executable logic programs per task
LLM agents translate natural language instructions into structured predicates for task-specific rules, connect with facts from enterprise data, and enrich with tools.
Execute deterministically, evaluate continuously
A logic engine executes the generated logic programs, enforces constraints, and produces verifiable outcomes aligned with your evaluation metrics.
From task specifications to execution — a full pipeline
AUTOBUS turns initiative definitions into action by combining enterprise data, LLM-generated rules, and deterministic logic execution.
Pipeline
spec → ground → generate → execute → evaluateSpecification
Humans define the objective, tasks, data, success metrics, and constraints.
Semantic grounding
Enterprise data are translated into logic facts and foundational rules.
Logic generation
LLM agents generate task-specific rules and predicates, with data retrieval and actions.
Execution
The logic engine runs the program deterministically, providing verifiable outcomes.
Evaluation
Metrics and evaluation rules are computed continuously to validate outcomes and guide iteration.
Best of two paradigms
AUTOBUS is a data driven neuro-symbolic system: LLMs provide semantic flexibility, while logic programming provides deterministic, interpretable execution with consistently reproducible outcomes.
LLM agents
interpret instructions and translate business language to structured predicates, and decide what enterprise data and tool calls are needed to ground missing facts.
Logic engine
executes the generated programs deterministically—providing transparent decision paths.
Result: business initiatives that adapt to changes timely like LLMs, but run reliably like formal systems.
Why it matters
Digital transformation often fails at the seams — where multiple departmental teams must collaborate. AUTOBUS is designed to reconfigure cross-functional initiatives quickly.
Time-to-market advantage
Faster iteration by updatind task instructions and policies, re-generate logic programs, and redeploy workflows rapidly — without rebuilding bespoke pipelines for every change.
Auditability and compliance
Decisions are represented as explicit predicates and rules, and executed deterministically, making it easier to inspect “why” a decision happened and to enforce constraints consistently.
Reduced dependency on scarce engineering
Shift effort from hard-coding orchestration to defining semantics, policies, and task instructions — with AI agents handling rule construction and integration planning.
Human governance by design
AUTOBUS assures that humans remain accountable for business semantics, policies, and high-impact decisions — while the system accelerates execution and iteration.
Preparation
Define and maintain business semantics (ontology, reference data models), establish policies and constraints, and curate the tool ecosystem (APIs, models, agents).
During execution
Review high-impact decisions, supervise exceptions, and iteratively refine task instructions based on outcomes and evaluation metrics.
FAQ
Practical questions we hear from teams evaluating initiative orchestration with AI.
Is AUTOBUS a workflow engine?
AUTOBUS orchestrates business initiatives, but it differs from traditional workflow engines by generating task logic programs from natural language instructions plus enterprise data, then executing them deterministically with a logic engine.
What makes it “deterministic” if LLMs are involved?
LLMs generate task predicates/rules and help ground semantics, but the final execution happens in a logic engine. That engine enforces constraints and executes the program consistently, producing transparent decision paths.
Do we need a knowledge graph to start?
AUTOBUS is strongest when enterprise data is organized around business entities and relationships with explicit constraints. Many organizations can start by linking their enterprise data to key entities to form a lightweight knowledge graph layer and expand iteratively.
How does AUTOBUS connect to our systems?
Through a tool layer: APIs, machine learning models, and domain-specific agents. Tools are used to fetch missing facts (e.g., real-time data) and to take actions (e.g., update records, trigger campaigns, persist outputs).
Want to validate AUTOBUS in your environment?
We’re looking for teams running cross-functional, data-rich initiatives where deterministic execution and auditability matter. Let’s discuss a pilot focused on one initiative and a small set of enterprise entities and tools.
Quick start pilot
1) Pick one initiative
2) Define tasks + metrics
3) Map semantics for a small entity set
4) Connect 1–3 tools/APIs
5) Run, evaluate, iterate
Contact
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Email: cpang2@binghamton.edu
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