Type: Book
Authors: Kevin Owocki, Daniel Stringer, Daniel Ospina
Published by: Allo Capital
TLDR — AI collapses the cost of cognition and blockchain collapses the cost of trust. Together, they eliminate the coordination friction that historically necessitated large hierarchical firms — giving rise to the Networked Firm.
Overview
The Networked Firm explores how AI and blockchain technology are fundamentally reshaping organizational structures, transforming rigid hierarchies into adaptive networks. Drawing from economic theory (Coase, Ouchi, transaction cost economics), the authors demonstrate how discovery, verification, enforcement, negotiation, dispute resolution, and governance are becoming programmable.
Key Concepts
As transaction costs approach zero, traditional firms are unbundling into Networked Firms — adaptive ecosystems of humans, agents, and protocols coordinating through transparent, algorithmic systems.
The book examines real-world experiments in capital allocation:
- Quadratic funding
- Retroactive public goods funding
- Smart-contract-driven systems
- AI-evaluated grantmaking
- Onchain reputation
- Autonomous coordination mechanisms
Who It's For
Founders, investors, operators, DAO builders, technologists, policymakers, and those working at the intersection of technology and organizational frontiers.
Access
- Order the book: Available on Metalabel
