INVENEW LABS

Testing what it takes to make AI work in production.

A practical R&D stream for building, running, and governing AI systems. Labs starts with the hardest part, agents and AI systems in production: reliability, evals, cost, and architecture, then turns findings into benchmarks, reference architectures, maps, and research assets that operators, builders, and leaders can use.

INVENEW Labs
WHAT WE BUILD AND DELIVER

Labs that bridge the gap between ideas and operations.

Prototypes & POCs

Validate ideas quickly with working prototypes and proof of concepts.

Reference Architectures

Production-ready architectures for AI-native infrastructure and operations.

Tools & Accelerators

Open tools and reusable components that speed up development and deployment.

Evaluation Frameworks

Benchmarks, testbeds, and assessment frameworks for real-world AI systems.

Production Readiness

Guidance, patterns, and checklists to move from prototype to production with confidence.

WHAT WE WORK ON

Focus areas for AI-native infrastructure and operations.

AI Infrastructure

Compute, storage, networking and platform systems.

AI Operations

Reliability, observability, FinOps, automation and day-2 operations.

AI Agents & Automation

Agent design, workflows, tool use, orchestration and guardrails.

Security & Governance

Model risk, compliance, data protection and responsible AI.

ROI & Strategy

Business cases, TCO, vendor evaluation and value realization.

Engineering Practice

Architecture patterns, standards and lessons from real-world builds.

HOW WE WORK

Rigorous, transparent, and operator-first.

1

Identify

Spot real operator problems and high-impact opportunities.

2

Research

Deep dive into techniques, tools and trade-offs.

3

Build

Prototype, test and iterate in controlled labs.

4

Evaluate

Measure results with real-world benchmarks and scenarios.

5

Share

Publish findings, code, architectures and practical guidance.

SAMPLE LABS WORK

Examples from our lab.

Reference Architecture

AI-Native Observability Architecture

End-to-end observability stack for LLM apps and agents with traces, metrics, logs and evaluation.

Tool / Accelerator

Prompt & Evaluation Toolkit

Open-source toolkit for prompt testing, evals and dataset management.

Prototype

Autonomous Runbook Agent

Prototype agent that detects, diagnoses and remediates incidents in cloud environments.

Framework

AI System Risk Assessment

Framework to assess model risk, data sensitivity and operational risk in production systems.

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WHY TEAMS WORK WITH INVENEW LABS

We build what helps you build.

Operator mindset
We've run systems in production. We know what matters.
Practical outcomes
Not just research — shippable artifacts and actionable guidance.
Open & transparent
We share what we learn with the community.
Vendor neutral
Independent research. Unbiased recommendations.
Faster path to value
Reduce risk and shorten the path from pilot to production.
PARTNER WITH INVENEW LABS

Let's build the future of AI-native systems, together.

Research Partnerships

Collaborate on research initiatives and early-stage exploration.

Sponsorships

Support independent research and get visibility with our operator audience.

Co-Build

Work with us to prototype and build solutions to your toughest challenges.

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