Press Release · June 2026

A new agentic platform, built by Santa Cruz Studios

System Design by Michael Stewman

Santa Cruz Studios is preparing a unified agent platform — voice-first, tool-connected, and designed for operators who need one reliable surface instead of a stack of tabs. This update shares direction and measured targets, not product internals.

The platform centers on Samuel, the Systems Agent Model (or S.A.M. for short) — a single customer-facing agent that coordinates specialized capabilities — scheduling, design, sales, and trading research — through a shared orchestration layer. Early benchmarks focus on conversational latency, unit economics, and deployment cost — not marketing claims.1

Private pilots are underway. A broader early-access cohort will open after core instrumentation and consent infrastructure are verified in production.

What we're optimizing for

01

Value

Run rate · not demo-only

Built to stay on after the pilot. Comparative estimates from private testing�not a price quote.

02

Aura

Latency target · p50

Target ≤800ms median response in conversation tests. Bench estimate, not a public SLA.2

03

Radial

Capability constellation

Early-access cohort pillars — not shipping SKUs.

04

Wave

Voice pipeline · streaming

Continuous voice flow—listen, think, reply without the robot pause.

05

Grid

Load · tier degradation

Adaptive quality under stress—voice and turn-taking protected first.

06

S.A.M.

Systems Agent Model · voice portal

Single customer-facing agent. Intelligent. Secure. Always on.

Where we are

  • Q1 '26Architecture + ADR lock (Samuel identity, cascade stack, tiered degradation)
  • Q2 '26Voice POC + Rainmaker command surface (read-only trading context)
  • Q3 '26Early-access cohort · consent + email capture in production
  • Q4 '26Expanded tool execution · pilot customers outside founder network

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