AI Research Lab · Reno, Nevada
Make the latent visible.
L8NTLABS is a small AI research lab run by Tom Duffy. I help businesses figure out where AI actually fits, build the custom solution, and make sure your team understands how it works. No hype, no jargon.
[01]What I do 06 services
Custom AI work, explained in plain language.
01 Agentic Search Optimization Get found in AI search. As people ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI answers instead of scrolling a list of links, I make sure your business shows up in the response. → 02 AI Strategy for Small and Medium Businesses A straight answer on where AI helps your business and where it does not, with a plan you can actually follow. → 03 AI Coding Consulting Help your developers get real value out of AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor, without the hype. → 04 Agent Development and Deployment Custom AI agents that do real work, from first prototype to running in production. Built to be reliable and to fail safely. → 05 Privacy-Critical Implementations AI for sensitive data that cannot leave the building. Models that run locally, on your own hardware, so nothing is sent to a third-party API. → 06 Research Consulting A focused investigation into a hard AI question your team is stuck on, delivered as a clear, practical answer. →
in progress 2026.04.01
OpenArms
An open source library and SDK that gives AI models access to the physical world through microcontrollers and sensors.
View project → in progress 2026.02.01
Orin
An agentic harness built specifically for smaller local models, able to write code and run scheduled tasks. In development, not yet public.
View project → ongoing 2025.08.01
Mate1
A chess engine written from scratch in Rust, playing live on Lichess at around a 2076 Blitz rating and under active development.
View project → [04]Contact no deck required
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