Opacity
Information that is hidden, distorted, or costly to obtain.
What it looks like Illustrative scenario
A hundred-and-forty-thousand-dollar machining centre sits under a tarp in Stratford with full inspection data proving what it can do. A Windsor manufacturer is about to pay three hundred and fifty thousand for a new one. No listing can read the technical record, so the machine stays invisible.
Scenario: The Machine Under the Tarp
How an AI intervention works AI Matching ยท AI Trusted Intermediary
Opacity has two faces: what nobody can find, and what nobody will say. Semantic matching answers the first. The buyer describes the job in their own words and the engine matches against the full technical record, so the market's taxonomy stops being a barrier. The trusted intermediary answers the second. Budgets, spare capacity and pricing flexibility are disclosed to the AI alone, which reports fit without revealing either side's position. The lemons problem loses its fuel.