Labs
Bring your hardest problems into our lab.
Organizations come into our lab to tackle complex problems. We experiment across a wide range of technologies to prove what works, then hand over validated prototypes or blueprints for your team, or your implementation partner, to scale.
Why a lab
Find out before you invest.
Most AI ideas look promising in theory. The lab is where you find out, with a real build or a buildable design, before the big investment, the contract, or the costly implementation.
We take on the work that sits between an idea and the decision to invest heavily in it, whether the technology is brand new or already part of your estate. And because we never sell implementation armies, we have no reason to tell you yes.
Where the lab fits
We find what works. You take it from there.
The lab works before the big build, not instead of it. We don’t sell implementation, so your team, or the implementation partner you already trust, takes what we prove into production.
- Cloud Lighthouse
In the lab
Experiment, prototype, and design. Find out what works, and what doesn’t.
- The handover
What you take away
A validated prototype to scale up or a solution blueprint, with the evidence behind it.
- You or your implementation partner
Into production
Your team or your partner builds and runs it, with us on hand if you want us.
Implementation partners: bring us in to test a client’s idea before you build. What we hand over is ready for your team.
Work with the labHow a lab engagement runs
Focused cycles, starting from two weeks.
Every cycle is scoped with you up front. Larger ideas run several cycles, one after another or side by side when timelines are tight.
Agree the question
The decision riding on it, and what the cycle will deliver.
Build and validate
Alongside your people or on our own, on the technology that suits the problem, with an early check that it does what it should.
Prove what works
A prototype you can scale up or a solution blueprint, with an insights report. A clear no stops you investing in the wrong technology.
Decide what’s next
Take it forward with your team or partner, change course, or stop, knowing the risks either way.
Labs services
Four ways to work in the lab
Rapid Prototype
Put a promising idea to the test with an MVP or a prototype of its hardest part.
Solution Blueprint
Turn an idea into a buildable design, with the architecture, alternatives, and plan agreed.
Frontier Experience
Your colleagues learn the fundamentals, build hands-on with frontier AI, and leave knowing where to go next.
Forward Deployed Engineering
Our engineers embedded in your environment, so we scale working solutions into production with you.
From real lab work
Questions we answer in the lab.
Each one answered in lab cycles, before anyone commits to a big build.
Can we connect the single source of truth in our data lake to a custom copilot?
Is this portal the right choice to manage our thousands of field personnel and volunteers?
We need a better way to monitor and govern AI adoption, but we don’t need to own the tools ourselves.
Just how exposed are we to data in SharePoint training AI tools like Copilot without us knowing?
How straightforward will it be to move our application data and connect it to the lake?
A law firm needs this custom connector. A global NGO and a utility company need it too. Can we share the cost?
The lab team
The people who build with you.
Led by our Lab Director, with senior leaders from across Cloud Lighthouse alongside every cycle.
Bogdan Demeny
Lab Director
Yash Agarwal
Technologist
Ritika Agarwal
Technologist
Petru Boulescu
Technologist
Vlad Buliga
UI/UX Specialist
Talk to us
Bring us your hardest problem.
Tell us what you’re trying to find out and the decision riding on it. We’ll recommend the lab service that fits.