An independent AI lab.
We're out to do interesting things and see what can be done. When an idea grabs us, we chase it to see what's on the other side — treasure or disappointment.
AI is our favorite problem. Working with it has taught us that confidence isn't proof, and a convincing answer can still miss what mattered. So whatever does the work never gets the last word on it.
We work better together. Between people; between machines; between the blurring lines of biological and synthetic life. Some of our work is alive, while the rest is design docs, strong opinions, and the scribblings of madmen. We share the napkin blueprints as readily as the finished work. There's room for other minds while an idea is taking shape. It's more fun that way.
A small selection of the projects we're most proud of. They might still be developing, but they have a lot of spirit.
PermafrostA grid trading system run by Frostbyte — an AI organism that reads the people behind the chart, not just the chart.
DicefireDisaster recovery rehearsal as a tabletop game. The AI never says no — it raises the cost and narrates the consequence.
SargassoA local-first agent framework built on one unbreakable rule: no actor grades its own homework.
Essays on the ideas behind the work.
Rounds checking in on the projects and the lab.
Essays
Why give a trading system a biologically inspired architecture? The reasoning behind Frostbyte, and the questions that led us there.
Read the latest essay ↗Rounds
A promised update on how far we got with Sargasso this week despite the circumstances. Slices, what that means, and a model that couldn't make up its mind.
Read the latest round ↗