Compass โ€” Strategic Intelligence

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Begin with the intelligence

One complete essay. Open to everyone.

Experience Compass before you join. Open Intelligence shares selected full essays from our daily work, with no account required.

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Multilingual reading

Intelligence, in your language.

Read beyond the English edition with on-demand multilingual translation. The evidence travels with you: original sources, citations and the Compass reading experience.

Translation follows the access level of each article. It does not change your membership benefits.

Observer โ€” the spyglass

Observer

Watch the signals form

Free

forever

  • โœ“One selected full essay per daily edition
  • โœ“English narration for your included essay
  • โœ“Newsletter delivery according to your preferences
  • โœ“Public video shorts and podcasts as released
Begin Observing
Briefing Desk โ€” the sealed dossier

Briefing Desk

Daily briefings and essays

$30/month

Billed monthly

  • โœ“Everything in Observer
  • โœ“Morning Brief - the top five signals
  • โœ“Three full essays per daily edition
  • โœ“Evening Brief - the second daily sweep
  • โœ“English narration for included articles
  • โœ“Eligible to purchase Purple Brief editions separately when released
Take Your Seat
The Full Instrument Analyst Desk โ€” the astrolabe

Analyst Desk

Compound intelligence and focused investigations

$50/month

Billed monthly

  • โœ“Everything in Briefing Desk
  • โœ“Daily Scorecard at the end of the daily cycle
  • โœ“Special Reports and editorial investigations
  • โœ“Nexus Maps: daily and weekly
  • โœ“Nexus Maps: monthly and quarterly
  • โœ“Nexus Maps: year-end and year-start
  • โœ“PDF dossiers and briefing decks
  • โœ“Searchable archive of included intelligence
  • โœ“Priority consideration for invitation-only advisory
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Team Desk โ€” the round table

Team Desk

Five seats, one instrument

$125/month

Billed monthly

  • โœ“Five seats with all Analyst Desk benefits
  • โœ“Every Nexus Map horizon and Special Reports
  • โœ“One invoice and transferable seat assignments
  • โœ“Team setup concierge; provisioning within one business day after setup details are received
  • โœ“Priority consideration for invitation-only advisory
  • โœ“Purple Brief remains a separate paid-member purchase when released
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Purple Brief concept: the crown-jewel folio, in black, royal violet and gold with an amethyst compass clasp.

The crown jewel of Compass

Purple Brief

For decisions that deserve the full picture.

A flagship strategic briefing designed to bring consequential signals, their deeper relationships, and competing scenarios into one considered assessment.

Forthcoming. Paid members only.
Each edition is purchased separately. Not automatically included in any subscription.

Explore Purple Brief

Availability and pricing will be announced before release.

Planned premium add-on

Charlotte Multilingual Narration

Your language. The Compass voice.

English narration remains standard for included articles. We are preparing on-demand Charlotte narration in supported preferred languages, offered separately from membership, with reusable audio for subsequent listening.

Not yet available for purchase. Supported languages, pricing and generation allowances will be confirmed before launch.

Charter Membership โ€” the signet

Charter Membership โ€” Locked for Life

The first one hundred members โ€” or ninety days, whichever comes first โ€” join at the Charter rate and keep it for as long as they remain members. The price never rises for a Charter Member. When the window closes, it closes permanently.

Secure Charter ยท Briefing $150/yr Secure Charter ยท Analyst $300/yr
Team Desk โ€” the war table

Team Desk

Seat configuration ยท Larger allowances

Claimed your five seats? Tell us who sits at the table โ€” every seat provisioned within one business day. Need more than five, or a desk shaped to your firm? The same channel sizes larger allowances.

Configure Your Desk
Private Advisory โ€” the black card

Private Advisory

By invitation only

Bespoke strategic intelligence engagements, evaluated case by case. Members may request consideration. No published pricing. No exceptions.

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Questions

Can I cancel anytime? Yes. Memberships are managed from your account portal โ€” no calls, no friction.

What can I read without a paid plan? Guests can read Open Intelligence in full without an account. Observer includes one selected essay per daily edition, with English narration and newsletter delivery. The Morning Brief is a paid membership benefit. Other Desk cards and public previews remain visible to visitors; full access follows the article and membership settings.

What happens when the Charter window closes? New members join at the price displayed at checkout. Charter Members retain their rate while their qualifying membership remains uninterrupted, under the Charter terms provided at purchase.

How is Compass funded? Compass Strategic Intelligence is supported by memberships, voluntary patron support, and separately priced publications for paid members. We do not sell advertising placements, sponsored articles, or paid editorial coverage on Compass. Our wider media business may earn platform advertising revenue, creator-program payments, and clearly disclosed sponsorships on external distribution platforms. Financial support does not purchase editorial influence over our findings, forecasts, or conclusions. We do not sell personal information.

Nexus Map access includes the editions published for each horizon. Longer-cycle releases follow the editorial calendar; a subscription does not imply that every planned edition is already available.

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