The plenty of in-group references that are scattered in are almost as good. An excerpt from the backstory:

A group of pro-AI researchers known as the Singularity Foundation (that would later join with other groups to form Firewall in the wake of the Fall) developed the first true seed AIs years before the Fall. Having been heavily involved in the creation of AI and AGIs for many years previously, thanks in large part to their open source AI framework software, the Singularity Foundation’s goal was to generate “friendly AI” by carefully designing AI goal systems.

That group sounds kinda familiar. I wonder if they might be inspired by some real-life organization?

ETA: Oh, and it gets better. Later on, they mention within the same sentence the "Lifeboat Institute" and the "Singularity Foundation" as two organizations that existed before the Singularity. Hmmmmmmmm...