Essays / Manav Sehgal

Ideas worth
carrying forward.

On personal AI, working knowledge, and the freedom to decide what our tools should do for us.

Three essays

Essay 02 · The latest essay
The Work We Want to Keep
How Flow Jobs gives documents work to do while their owners keep the judgment. September 17, 2026 · 17 minute read Read essay 02 →
Essay 01 · Where the argument began
Room for a Renaissance
How knowledge that keeps working can make more room for the researcher, writer, and builder in each of us. September 6, 2026 · 13 minute read Read essay 01 →
Essay 03 · The eighteen ideas
The Researcher, Writer and Builder in You
Eighteen ideas for letting your documents carry the routine. September 6, 2026 · 13 minute read Read essay 03 →

The person behind the work

A personal desk.
A larger possibility.

I’m Manav Sehgal, founder of Orionfold. My work has taken me through document systems, risk analytics, cloud architecture and AI products. These essays ask what useful intelligence should make possible for the person at the desk.

The essays develop the argument. The Researcher, Writer and Builder in You names the principles. Flow puts them to work.

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Ideas worthcarrying forward.

Three essays

The Work We Want to Keep

Room for a Renaissance

The Researcher, Writer and Builder in You

A personal desk.A larger possibility.

Ideas worth
carrying forward.

A personal desk.
A larger possibility.