$ whoami
5L Labs — commercial privacy-first research, est. 2023 (NYC)
$ cat mission.txt
Advancing Technology for Humans and Bots with Privacy in mind.
$ ls areas/
self-hosted-iot/ home-ml-iot/ applied-ai/ frontier/
$ ./hire-us --consulting ▊
INDEX OF /·FILTER:
| DATE | TYPE | AREA | TITLE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | writing | self-hosted-iot | Trixie is Trixie! How my VPN forwarder stopped working. | |
| 2026-06-12 | writing | applied-ai | Side-Quest - What Multilingual Wikipedia Reveals About Open Embeddings | |
| 2026-05-29 | writing | applied-ai | Anatomy of an AI Agent Skill: The Structure Behind 11 Custom Modules | |
| 2026-05-24 | writing | frontier | A Shared Latent Space for (Text) Embeddings? | |
| 2026-04-01 | writing | applied-ai | NVIDIA GTC 2026: Vertical AI: Healthcare, Auto & Finance | |
| 2026-04-01 | writing | frontier | 5L Labs Is Working on Recursive Self-Improvement | |
| 2026-03-31 | writing | applied-ai | NVIDIA GTC 2026: Security & Observability |
~/projects
recruiter rankings
The industry standard for evaluating and ranking recruitment firms based on verified performance and data.
open embeddings
A community-driven standard and registry for high-quality, open-source vector embeddings for AI applications.
overlord network kill switch
A hardware-independent network control system designed for immediate and complete network isolation in commercial environments.
~/consulting
We take on a small number of engagements each quarter.
Private ML systems, on-device inference, and IoT architecture audits.
CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Q3 2026
./inquire