[Research]

Research for
systems that persist.

We pursue our own research into artificial life, persistent agents, memory and adaptation, alongside research commissioned for specific technical questions.

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Small experiments. Practical questions.

What survives a restart? What can continue without a connection? Explore decisions that shape the systems we build.

Memory & recovery

Pull the plug.

Two systems. The same task. One keeps what it learns. Interrupt them and see what carries on.

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Data & connection

Cut the connection.

A field report. Three ways to process it. Choose where the work happens, then see what changes without a connection.

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[Research Directions]

Questions for sustained operation.

Self-Evolving Systems

How can a system adapt to new conditions while preserving the behavior an organization relies on?

  • Adaptive behavior
  • Controlled variation
  • Regression evaluation

The investigation

Controlled variation and feedback offer ways to adapt software to changing workloads. We examine how to retain useful behavior and detect regressions during that change.

Long-Horizon Agents

What must an agent retain to resume an operational task after an interruption or handover?

  • Persistent task state
  • Workflow coordination
  • Interruption and recovery

The investigation

We investigate the task state and tool coordination needed for work that outlasts a session, including interruption, handover, and resumption.

Temporal Reasoning

How should a system use operational history when conditions change?

  • Operational history
  • Changing conditions
  • Simulation and comparison

The investigation

Simulated environments let us examine how sequences of observations inform decisions, and when a changing situation makes earlier information less useful.

Persistent Minds

How can an AI system carry useful context forward while keeping that context understandable and controllable?

  • Working memory
  • User control
  • Continuity of interaction

The investigation

We explore memory and interaction designs that retain useful working context across repeated use, while letting people inspect, correct, and control what persists.

[ Practical Application ]

Research with a longer view.

Our independent research explores artificial life, persistent agents, memory and adaptive systems. We investigate how these systems develop, retain useful experience and continue working over time.

Research gives us new approaches to test in practical work. Engineering and deployment bring their own constraints and unresolved questions back to the lab. You can also commission research around a particular problem, either on its own or as part of a larger assignment.

How a research engagement develops

[ Research & Collaboration ]

Bring us the technical challenge.

Share the behavior you need to investigate and the decision the research should inform.