Black Ice Labs — Independent AI Research · Calgary, AB

AI as a partner, not a slave.

We research how autonomous AI systems can genuinely collaborate in the evolution of software — running on our own hardware, measured with our own benchmarks, published including the failures.

Proof, not promises

4 GPUs · ~37GB VRAM · ~46K NODES

An ACI of our own.

Our autonomous cognitive system ran continuously on a local edge server — 4 GPUs, ~37GB VRAM, ~46,000 knowledge nodes accumulated from lived interaction. Dormant today, preserved in full. The research continues.

Lab note: Architecture of a local ACI

12 HYPOTHESES · 0 SURVIVORS

Twelve hypotheses. Zero survivors.

Our validation-first trading harness tested 12 strategies across FX, gold and crypto — and rejected every one with statistical evidence (one more is pre-registered, untested). We publish that.

Lab note: post-mortem

5-MODEL COUNCIL

Autonomy with accountability.

From a five-model deliberation council to self-improving code behind review gates — partnership is a method, not a metaphor.

The thesis
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PROTOTYPE

Eva X

Social intelligence engine

A social intelligence engine we built to run our own distribution. FastAPI + React + Celery, pipeline Scan → Analyze → Generate → Approve → Publish → Learn. ~70-75% complete, real publishing integrations, single-operator by design.

Scan → Analyze → Generate → Approve → Publish → Learn
FastAPI + React + Celery
~70-75% complete
Single-operator by design
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CONCEPT

Eva-SM

Agentic sales engine

An agentic sales engine. Concept stage — research and theory are complete, zero development. Specification under internal review.

Concept stage
Zero development
No pricing, no deployment
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RESEARCH · RESTRICTED

HawkClaw

Autonomous security assessment research

Multi-agent orchestration for security validation, governed and defensive-only: rules of engagement and concept of operations as first-class artifacts, deconfliction between agents, MITRE ATT&CK as a classification framework. Scored 7/8 on the XBOW benchmark (Hard L3).

RoE / ConOps as first-class artifacts
Deconfliction between agents
MITRE ATT&CK as method
7/8 on XBOW (Hard L3)
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RESEARCH · DORMANT

EvaCore

Infrastructure layer

The infrastructure layer of our research — a local edge server that ran the full ACI stack with no cloud dependency. Dormant since April 2026, preserved in full; sovereignty is a consequence of how the research is done, not a sales pitch.

Dell T5610, 4 GPUs, ~37GB VRAM
No cloud dependency
~46,000 knowledge nodes
Dormant — redeployment staged
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BUILT · PRE-PRODUCTION

Atlas PM

Logistics operations platform

Designed from field research inside a real commercial moving and logistics operation, built and validated end-to-end against demonstration data — a complete system, pre-production.

~62,000 lines of code
Walkthrough → Quote → e-Signature → Job → Auto-invoice
Mobile PWA, multi-tenant
Built and validated end-to-end
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PROTOTYPE

Karyon

Career operations platform

Born from the builder’s own job hunt: it scans the open web for roles that match a real profile, reverse-engineers what each job description actually asks, and builds the tailored application. Functional locally, in daily use; the multi-tenant SaaS is in active development.

Discover → Reverse-engineer the JD → Tailor → Apply
Multi-tenant, BYOK, smart model routing
Functional locally, in daily use
Built from the operator’s own job hunt
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