Research

Research programmes are not slide-deck futures.

Riley Betts is a native AI company that ships in pilots while advancing the stack below. These programmes feed Spec++, Spec++ Pipeline, and CECO / Compliance Operator—labelled honestly as research programme or in active R&D until maturity changes.

Research programme · elements in CECO pilots

Proof-gated architecture

Consequential actions proceed only after a cryptographic proof that policy checks succeeded—so auditors verify the gate, not the vendor’s narrative. Feeds CECO / Compliance Operator and examination-ready evidence patterns.

Prove the gate fired correctly.

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Spec++ language and verification

Ongoing work on Spec++ semantics, verification, generation, and toolchain hardening. Distinct from Spec++ as methodology in engagements today; feeds Spec++ Pipeline and customer specifications.

Hardening the language and provers customer specs rely on.

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Neuro-symbolic agents

Agents that combine neural components with symbolic, checkable structure—probabilistic reasoning where appropriate; deterministic enforcement where regulation requires it. Feeds CECO’s untrusted-proposer model.

AI that can adapt, but still operates inside rules a machine can check.

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