Soros: The anatomy of an agentic geopolitical simulation engine
asksoros.comA few days ago, we soft-launched Soros [0], our agentic intelligence for geopolitical simulation, on HN. [1]
In this post, we walk through everything: how we designed it, the engineering stack, how it works, what we perceive as flaws. Everything.
This is really a chance to look at how a production-grade agentic system works when designed for unconventional use cases.
Note that this is a dense, super-long article (clocking in at ~14,400 words). We suggest you take your time reading it :)
We look forward to your questions and comments!
- Anshuman & Karén, co-founders of Lookback Labs (creators of Soros) [2]
You can also reach us at: team@lookbacklabs.com
Is the name choice intentional?
Sort of! We came up with a backronym just in case: Scenario Oriented Reasoning and Outcome Simulations.
It's a poor choice imo, biases, tropes, and the like
Murdoch would be as well, but on the other end of the spectrum