Research Lab
The work behind owning the AI you rent.
This is how we build Kolm: take your live OpenAI and Anthropic calls, compile them into a signed model you run on your own hardware. Every research pass here ends as something you can use - a control you can open, a route you can call, a test that holds, or a proof you can check yourself.
- Clusters
- 17mapped
- Standards
- 11we hold
- Streams
- 6research passes
- Shipped
- 8stated plainly
What we've mapped
Research streams
Research that ships, not research that sits.
We don't collect notes. We turn what we learn from the market and from customers into the controls, APIs, pages, and tests that make owning your model real.
- Customer stack82%
- Backend94%
- API control78%
- Website audit66%
- UI audit71%
17 clusters we build for
Agent platforms, model gateways, eval suites, observability, training, data infrastructure, GRC, developer tools, runtimes, vertical AI, and workflow products - the teams that pay the API bill.
What a serious tool owes you
Controls you can open, admin your enterprise needs, docs that work, proof you can export, your data kept yours, usage you can read, and procurement that clears.
Your data, in and out
Every source, channel, way in, way out, credential boundary, provider rule, and audit event has a named owner and a clear state - so you always know where your traffic goes.
Show the machine, not adjectives
Every page has to show what goes in, the controls, what comes out, the proof, and your next move. "Powerful AI" isn't an answer.
We only claim what holds
Tenant boundaries, audit events, schema handling, compile state, export receipts, and artifact checksums decide what we say on the site - not the other way around.
Checked on real screens
Desktop and mobile, verified by screenshot: stable spacing, readable density, no overlap, no sideways scroll, and the proof in view before you scroll.
Research passes
Every pass ends in something you can use.
We track each pass as a dated note, and each one resolves into a control you can open, a route you can call, a page, or a clear line on what ships today - never an idea left floating.
- stream 06Checked on real screensui audit
Desktop and mobile, verified by screenshot: stable spacing, readable density, no overlap, no sideways scroll.
- stream 05We only claim what holdsbackend
Tenant boundaries, schema handling, compile state, export receipts, and artifact checksums decide what the site is allowed to say.
- stream 04Show the machine, not adjectiveswebsite audit
Every page has to prove inputs, controls, outputs, proof, and your next move.
- stream 03Your data, in and outapi control
Every source, way in, way out, credential boundary, and audit event gets a named owner and a visible state.
- stream 02What a serious tool owes youproduct standard
Controls you can open, enterprise admin, proof you can export, usage you can read, and procurement that clears.
- stream 0117 clusters we build forcustomer stack
Where capturing your calls and compiling them into a model fits between agents, gateways, evals, and your data.
Where we fit
One job, done end to end: your calls become a model you own.
Your stack already has agents, connectors, workflow automation, model routing, evals, and enterprise controls. We do the one thing none of them do - turn the behavior you're already paying for into a signed model you run yourself.
Capture what worked, ship it as a model
You need fast execution and demos. We capture what your agents actually do, catch failures, compile the behavior that holds, and hand you proof you can export.
Stop routing the bill, own the model
You route providers to control cost. We go one step further: set the rules, test the behavior, compile it into a signed artifact with a receipt - so you run it instead of renting it.
Evals that gate the release
You run test suites and scorecards. We make evals the gate that ships a model - with receipts, regression sets, and a clear runtime decision.
From what you watch to what you ship
You have logs, traces, dashboards, and alerts. We turn that live behavior into a signed, portable model - with proof anyone can check.
A model that exports into your systems
You handle storage, lineage, serving, controls, and scale. We compile your behavior into one portable file that exports cleanly into all of it.
How research becomes product
A finding only counts when it ships.
An insight earns its keep the moment it changes a route, a schema, a page, a control, a test, a screenshot, or what we're willing to claim. Here's the path every one of them takes.
Where it starts
A customer ask, official docs, a market report, an internal spec, a screenshot, route output, or generated JSON.
What it means
A control to build, a workflow to support, an enterprise must-have, a risk, a pricing move, a docs fix, or a gap to close.
What it becomes
A source, trace, dataset, eval, policy, compile run, artifact, runtime target, receipt, export, or audit event - something you can use.
How we prove it
A route test, a copy test, an OpenAPI object, a screenshot, a claim check, a ref lint, the artifact verifier, or a real browser pass.
What we've learned
Win the one thing nobody else owns.
Kolm doesn't need to look like every AI category. It needs to do one thing better than anyone: take your live API behavior and turn it into a signed model you run, with proof you can export.
Own the path from calls to a model
Agents execute, gateways route, evals score, observability watches, data platforms store. We own the one step between them: turning that behavior into a model you keep.
One place to run the whole thing
The API control center shows your sources, provider rules, connector health, retention, eval gates, runtime targets, cost, usage, exports, and audit events - capture to deploy, in one view.
Point the calls you already make
Bring traffic in the way you already send it: REST, GraphQL, gRPC, webhooks, streams, batch files, object storage, warehouses, queues, browser events, CLI, and adapter manifests.
Proof you can export
Receipts, eval reports, evidence bundles, admin analytics, CI status, warehouse exports, webhooks, and SIEM/GRC events all leave the dashboard - the proof is yours to keep.
What ships vs. what's coming, stated plainly
We say what's live today and mark what isn't. Certifications, benchmarks, packages, partners, and adoption numbers we can't yet stand behind stay clearly out of the copy.
What buyers ask
The questions your team will ask - answered straight.
Every buyer who evaluates Kolm gets a concrete answer here, not a positioning line.
Will it connect to our systems?
Yes - sources, adapters, environments, API keys, quotas, runtime targets, and exports each have an owner and a state you can see.
Can we improve behavior without hiding risk?
Yes - traces, labels, evals, regressions, drift checks, compile runs, and gates are all open to inspection.
Can we keep our boundaries?
Yes - redaction, unknown-schema handling, retention, purge, provider rules, and audit events are all spelled out.
Can we get proof out?
Yes - receipts, evidence bundles, object versions, and export destinations are there to take with you.
Can we wire it up fast?
Yes - docs, OpenAPI, examples, error codes, local verification, and stable routes matter to us as much as the pitch.
Start owning what you rent
Own your first model from one captured source.
Start small: one source, one policy, one eval gate, one signed artifact, one runtime, one export. That's the whole path from your live calls to a model you run - proof you can check, no lock-in once you have it.