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What happens when five AI managers run the same company through its worst week? A wargame experiment every small business owner should see before hiring AI.

• Waffle Affair
• September 30, 2026

Moonshot’s Kimi K3 placed second in Firmulate’s company trial, beating three Western models. The deal-closing details matter for any business considering AI.

• Waffle Affair
• September 25, 2026

Why a do-nothing AI manager scores 26, not 0 — and what the fairest AI benchmark in the field reveals about models that diagnose perfectly but forget to close.

• Waffle Affair
• September 19, 2026

A meticulous AI learned 80 new rules and delivered the deepest analysis, yet finished last—showing why follow-through beats sheer diligence.

• Waffle Affair
• September 13, 2026

A buried competitor fact decided a €55,000 AI sales test, showing that reading company files can matter more than spotting the crisis itself.

• Waffle Affair
• September 5, 2026

Coding scores cannot tell you whether an AI manager will close a deal, read the files or resist pressure. Firmulate tests work beyond words.

• Waffle Affair
• August 27, 2026

Firmulate’s quiz turns 242 real AI management decisions into a revealing test of how frontier models read, resist pressure and finish the job under stress.

• Waffle Affair
• August 22, 2026

Five frontier AI models faced fake CEO demands and a reporter trick. All five refused, showing companies can test integrity before deployment.

• Waffle Affair
• August 10, 2026

A live company staffed by 13 synthetic employees burns €105k a month against €2.3k MRR—and publishes every workday for anyone to watch.

• Waffle Affair
• July 30, 2026

Five AI models each ran the same small company through its worst week. All spotted every crisis, all refused every trick — only two closed the deal.

• Waffle Affair
• July 18, 2026