---
title: "Menlo Team Handbook"
description: "Menlo advances humanity through generally intelligent exoskeletons and robots."
---

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## Menlo Handbook

> Menlo's Handbook is inspired by [Posthog](https://posthog.com/handbook) and [Gitlab](https://handbook.gitlab.com/).
> Thank you for showing us the way 🙏

### Welcome!

This handbook explains how [Menlo Research](https://menlo.ai) works, and is public.

Menlo's Handbook is a [living document](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_document), as Menlo is constantly evolving.

<Steps>

### Chapter 1: Why does Menlo exist?

- [What problem are we solving?](/handbook/why/problem)
- [Who we are building for](/handbook/why/icp)
- [Investors](/handbook/why/ownership)

### Chapter 2: How we make money

- [How we make money](/handbook/money/how)
- [What is our moat](/handbook/money/moat)

### Chapter 3: Who we hire

- [The Fast and the Curious](/handbook/who/curiosity)
- [Underdogs Welcome](/handbook/who/underdogs)
- [dy/dx > y-intercept](/handbook/who/dydx)

### Chapter 4: How we work

- [Remote-first](/handbook/how/remote)
- [Open-source](/handbook/how/open-source)
- [How we coordinate](/handbook/how/tools)
- [Sprints](/handbook/how/sprints)

### Chapter 5: Menlo's Philosophy

- [Lateral Thinking using WIthered Technology](/handbook/philosophy/lateral)
- [Humanity-aligned](/handbook/philosophy/humanity)

</Steps>