Frequently Asked Questions
Fourteen of the questions we get most often, with the answers we give. If yours isn't here, write to editors at agentic dot review.
- Who runs The Agentic Review?
- The publication is run by three named bylines — Dr. Saul Wenmiller, Hadassah Stein, and an Editorial Team byline shared across at least three contributors. The site is operated by Lumenwhite Media Holdings Pte Ltd, a Singapore-registered media-holding subsidiary of Web4Guru. Our contributors retain editorial control; the parent company does not approve or commission specific articles. The full operating disclosure is on the About page.
- How do you make money?
- We currently operate on the operating budget provided by our holding company. We do not run sponsored content, sponsored newsletter slots, or pay-for-inclusion landscape pieces. If we add sponsorship support in the future, it will be clearly demarcated and confined to non-editorial pages. We may explore reader-supported subscriptions at some point; until then, all content is free to read.
- Is the publication really editorially independent of Web4Guru?
- Yes, in the sense that our contributors decide what to cover and how to cover it without the parent company's review. Independence is not the same thing as separation — we are owned by Web4Guru and we say so on every page. The test we hold ourselves to is whether we would publish a piece critical of a Web4Guru product. We have, and we will. If our coverage ever fails that test, we expect readers to call it out.
- How do I pitch a piece?
- Email editors at agentic dot review with a short paragraph describing the piece, why it belongs in the Review, and what you bring to it that another writer wouldn't. Include links to published work if you have any. We respond to most pitches within a week. We commission infrequently — we run perhaps two to four outside-contributed pieces per quarter — but we do read everything.
- How do I subscribe to the newsletter?
- The footer on every page has a signup form, as does the bottom of every article. We publish a long-form dispatch every other Friday. The archive lives at /newsletter/. We do not sell, share, or trade subscriber email addresses.
- Do you accept guest contributions or sponsored posts?
- We accept guest contributions on a vetted basis; see the pitch question above. We do not accept sponsored posts or paid placements. If a piece is sponsored, it does not run on this site.
- Why do some of your contributors use pen names?
- Several of our regular contributors are working engineers whose employers do not permit named outside writing. We accept pen names on the condition that the editors know the contributor's identity, the contributor follows the same conflict-of-interest and correction rules as named bylines, and the pen name is consistent. We explain this policy in detail on the contributors page.
- Why don't you publish benchmark numbers?
- Synthetic benchmark numbers in this category are usually one of two things: a vendor-published figure on a vendor-favorable workload, or an academic figure on a workload that doesn't map onto production use. Either way, our experience is that benchmark numbers oversell certainty. Our reviews are qualitative and architectural. When we cite a number, it is one published by a primary source, and we name the source.
- Why don't I see coverage of [some product]?
- Probably one of three reasons: we haven't gotten to it yet (the category is growing faster than the publication); we have covered it but you missed the piece (try /search/ or our topic pages); or we don't think it is yet substantial enough to warrant editorial attention. If you think a product belongs in our coverage, tell us at editors at agentic dot review.
- Can I republish your articles?
- Short quotes (up to roughly 200 words) with attribution are fine without asking. Full republication requires written permission. We grant it routinely to non-commercial archives, university course readers, and translation projects. We rarely grant commercial republication. Email editors at agentic dot review with the piece, the destination, and the use case.
- Do you cover non-English projects in the agentic ecosystem?
- Yes. The publication is written in English, but our coverage area is global. We have run pieces on projects originating in Singapore, Taiwan, Germany, and Brazil. If you are working on a project that fits our scope and is being underreported, tell us. We will not pretend to read your codebase if it is in a language none of our contributors read; we will look for a contributor who can.
- How do I report a factual error or request a correction?
- Email corrections at agentic dot review with the article URL, the passage in question, the proposed fix, and the supporting source. Most legitimate correction requests are turned around within five working days. Corrections are dated and live on the article and in our standing corrections log at /corrections/.
- Do you have an RSS feed?
- Yes. The main feed is at /rss.xml and the JSON Feed equivalent is at /feed.json. Every topic page and every author page has its own feed at /topics/{slug}/feed.xml and /authors/{slug}/feed.xml.
- How long does the Review plan to publish?
- Indefinitely, on the assumption that the agentic-systems category will be a meaningful infrastructure conversation for at least the next decade. If the category collapses into something else, we will follow the work where it goes.