The Founder
Larry Corey Strange
Corey is a 20+ year technology veteran, entrepreneur, and the founder of Lucid Tech LLC — the company behind Aetherios, Phylaxone, FORGE, and Divergencecore.
He built his foundation running Mobile Computer Specialist in Denver for 26 years, taking the real panic calls — the ransomware hits, the server crashes, the “everything is gone” moments — that most people only read about. That ground-level experience shaped how he thinks about technology: not as a product, but as infrastructure that either protects people or fails them.
As CTO of Encore Services, an SDVOSB government contractor, he builds enterprise-grade tools for federal agencies. Most recently, he designed and demoed a fully operational AI platform to 16 high-level VA officers — who left the room wanting to buy it.
In February 2026, while completing an executive program at Oxford, Corey coined the term Adaptive Compound Intelligence — a new category of AI defined not by raw capability, but by persistent identity, multi-user exposure, and compounding knowledge over time. He filed a provisional patent within 48 hours.
He isn't an AI researcher. He's a builder who started using AI in November 2025 and immediately saw what everyone else was missing: the tools were powerful, but they had no memory. No loyalty. No compound value. Every Monday, a fresh start.
He's fixing that.
The Origin
How ACI was born in
an Oxford classroom.
February 19, 2026
The Concept
During a discussion on Howard Gardner's 9 intelligences at Oxford, Corey described what he'd already built in practice: one AI shaped by three people with completely different thinking styles — systems architecture, visual design, and creative/artistic. One brain, multiple intelligence perspectives feeding it. He called it Adaptive Compound Intelligence.
February 21, 2026
The Patent
Within 48 hours, Corey filed a provisional patent with the USPTO. Application #63/987,765. Filed 02/21/2026. It wasn't a research paper. It wasn't a roadmap. It was already built and running — the patent just made it official.
The Philosophy
Human Better
ACI doesn't replace humans. It makes them better. You stay the boss — ACI makes sure every decision you make actually happens, every detail is tracked, every person on your team is known. The goal isn't automation. It's amplification.
The Mission
Societal Infrastructure
ACI isn't software. It's infrastructure — the nervous system of any organization, family, or team that uses it. The heartbeat of your company. The thing that holds institutional knowledge when everyone else is trying to leave with it.
USPTO Provisional Patent
Application #63/987,765
Filed: February 21, 2026 — 09:45 AM ET
Inventor: Larry Corey Strange · Lucid Tech LLC
The Product Suite
One intelligence.
Four expressions of it.
Aetherios
Company OSThe AI that runs your business. Knows your team, replaces your tools, runs your marketing, handles your IT — and never forgets a thing.
Phylaxone
CybersecurityPreemptive identity and AI threat protection. Not reactive. Not damage control. The only product that catches the problem before it happens.
FORGE
Workforce IntelligenceEnterprise HR and workforce intelligence. Onboarding, offboarding, team health, and institutional knowledge — all automated, all ACI-native.
Divergencecore
Developer PlatformThe open framework for builders who want to create their own ACI-powered products. The infrastructure, open to the world.
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