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MISSION // CONFLICT LEGIBILITY → BETTER RESOLUTION
Making Conflict Legible
We're building the infrastructure layer that makes conflict data readable by machines. When AI can truly understand conflict—with temporality, causality, and provenance—it can help humans reason better and resolve faster.
Our Thesis
Conflict legibility leads to better resolution.
Most conflict persists not because parties are irrational, but because the structure of the disagreement is invisible. Hidden interests, forgotten promises, unclear causality—these information asymmetries fuel escalation.
TACITUS makes this structure visible. We transform scattered conflict traces into queryable knowledge graphs that both humans and AI can reason over. The result: faster de-escalation, clearer paths forward, and decisions grounded in verified facts.
// The TACITUS equation
conflict_traces
+ structured_ontology (ACO)
+ temporal_causality
+ full_provenance
= machine_legible_conflict
// → better reasoning → faster resolution
Founder
GC
GC
Founder & CEO
Building at the intersection of conflict resolution and AI. 8 years at the United Nations in Political Affairs, producing 600+ intelligence products for the Security Council. Domain expertise in diplomacy, structured negotiation, and conflict analysis — now applied to making conflict legible for machines.
8 years at the United Nations · Political Affairs
600+ intelligence products for the Security Council
Columbia University
Sciences Po Paris
Private pilot · Baroque piano
Seeking Technical Co-founders
We're looking for exceptional engineers who want to build the infrastructure layer for conflict-aware AI. Graph systems, ontology design, LLM grounding—hard problems with massive impact.
Graph databases & knowledge systems
LLM grounding & structured reasoning
Full-stack product engineering
Advisory Network
TACITUS is informed by a growing network of practitioners, researchers, and domain experts in conflict resolution, legal technology, and AI safety.
Conflict Resolution
Mediators, negotiators, and peacebuilding professionals shaping our ontology design.
AI & Graph Systems
Engineers and researchers advancing knowledge graph architectures and LLM grounding.
Legal & Governance
Legal tech practitioners and compliance experts ensuring audit-readiness.
TACITUS is Building a Network
If you're passionate about improving conflict and human friction legibility for AI—join us. We'd love to hear from you: collaboration ideas, feedback, or just a coffee. We're building fast. Write us.
hello@tacitus.mePhilosophy
Why We Build
Conflict is not a pathology to cure. It is an information problem to understand. Disagreements persist where structure is hidden—where parties cannot see the full picture.
Our systems help families, boards, ministries, and mediators see structure where there is noise, surfacing how situations evolved and where movement may be possible.
"AI should strengthen deliberation, widen common ground, and protect conscience. Not accelerate division."
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
"Rara temporum felicitate, ubi sentire quae velis, et quae sentias dicere licet."
Tacitus, Histories I.1
Concordia Discors Magazine
"Harmony in Discord"
At the philosophical heart of TACITUS is the principle of Concordia Discors: the belief that unity does not require uniformity, and that sustainable peace emerges from structured pluralism, not imposed consensus.
We believe that conflict is not pathological. It is a natural feature of free societies where diverse actors hold different values, interests, and worldviews.
Our Values
Conflict is Information Asymmetry
Friction peaks where structure is hidden. We surface the information gaps that prevent actors from seeing common ground.
Concordia Discors
Unity is not uniformity. We engineer systems that sustain deep pluralism without collapsing into violence or silence.
Neutrality as Architecture
The engine has no opinion. It provides structural geometry for diverse actors to navigate friction without coercion.
Agency Over Automation
We don't automate decisions. We automate the intelligence needed to make them, preserving human agency.
Privacy as Sovereignty
Conflict data is sensitive. Our architecture prioritizes security by design to protect the negotiation space.
Mission-Driven
Conflict legibility leads to better resolution. Everything we build serves this thesis.
Build with Us
Whether you're a technical co-founder, domain expert, or early adopter—if you believe conflict legibility leads to better resolution, we want to hear from you.