Research · Lab notes

Notes from the workbench.

Working notes — not papers — on what we've learned shipping ATLAS. Honest, dated, and occasionally wrong. We publish when the lesson is durable, not when it's clever.

Lab notes

What we're learning.

2026 · May

Why Rust isn't a free lunch for small-input hot paths.

Native / FFI
2026 · Apr

Sleep gates, surprise gates, and what not to remember.

Memory
2026 · Apr

Closed-loop verifier: tool synthesis that actually retains.

Tool synthesis
2026 · Mar

Spec-mode, plan-mode, act-mode: state machines for autonomy.

Agents
2026 · Mar

Semantic tool routing with a 270M model. Yes, really.

Routing
2026 · Feb

Kernel-sandboxed tool execution across three operating systems.

Safety
2026 · Feb

Why the desktop, not the chat window, is the right surface.

Product
2026 · Jan

Founding note: a continuously-running mind, not a chatbot.

Vision

Notes are pre-print drafts. Reach out at research@xagilab.com to discuss any of them.


Areas

What we're working on.

01

Long-horizon autonomy.

Agents that survive across hours, days, and the messy edges of real work — picking up where they left off when things go wrong, instead of starting over.

02

Living memory.

What does it mean to remember well? We're studying the shape of memory that helps a system stay useful for years — and what to let go of.

03

Skills it can grow.

When ATLAS encounters something it can't yet do, it teaches itself — safely. Quietly. We're working on making that loop quick, trustworthy, and personal.

04

Eyes on the screen.

Letting ATLAS see what's on your screen and act with care — accurate, reliable, and graceful even on older hardware. Cross-platform from day one.

05

Quiet speed.

Performance that gets out of the way. The hard part isn't making things fast — it's knowing exactly where speed actually matters to a person using the product.

Working with us

If any of this resonates — write.

We host occasional reading groups and bring on research partners selectively. Reach out with a question, not a pitch.