Specialized swarms across 16 domains: Strategy, Execution, Governance, Architecture, Defense, Security, Research, Compliance, Finance, Cryptography, Legal, Ethics, Health, Communications, Operations, Analytics. 5 genetically evolving agents per swarm.

Execution is graph traversal, not text reasoning. The ACE Runtime operates on Compressed Execution Graphs — structured, deterministic, auditable, reproducible. No unstructured generation at the execution layer.

ACE operates in permanent FractalFold compression at 68× ratio. Computation on compressed state — no decompression needed for graph traversal. The compressed graph IS the native representation.

There is no code path from Ring 2 (swarm layer) to system action. Proposals flow to Ring 1 verification then Ring 0 Governor. This is not policy — it is architecture. Structurally impossible to bypass.

Each swarm agent evolves based on Governor feedback. Correct proposals increase weight. Incorrect decrease. The entire network improves every decision cycle.

Combined output exceeds the sum of parts. Cross-domain knowledge transfer enables connections no single swarm produces. Meta-coordinator aggregates before Ring 1 verification.