research lab for the agent economy

Karmic Labs

A human asks one thing. A visible agent answers. Behind it, an invisible economy wakes up.

live trace 00:00:00

human can you run the company while I sleep?

frontline.agent routing intent...

memory.agent reconstructing preferences

market.agent pricing three suppliers

what it looks like

A conversation with a charming machine.

what it is

Identity, memory, payments, tools, sandboxes, API calls, and other agents negotiating in the dark.

the hidden economy

The face is friendly. The backend is not human.

01

Human surface

Voice, chat, browser, eventually BCI. The human sees one calm interface.

intent.send("find the best path")
02

Front-line agent

The agent translates desire into work. It does not do everything. It knows who to call.

route.to(["memory", "tools", "market"])
03

Agent-to-agent market

Specialists quote, compete, coordinate, and spend. The user never sees the bidding.

POST /agents/quote {"budget":"$4.20"}
04

Physical edge

Robots, clinics, factories, labs, and field devices become bodies for the digital economy.

actuator.commit(work_order)

the uncomfortable part

The interface will stop telling you what is human.

H

I need this fixed before the board meeting.

A

Done. I checked legal, finance, product, and the investor memo.

Behind that sentence: 42 calls, 9 agents, 3 failed paths, 1 approved action.

what we build

Across the stack, not around it.

Genesis The map for the uncharted.

A field essay on agents, markets, infra, and what comes after SaaS.

Sandboxes Economies agents can safely inhabit.

Vending machines, businesses, repos, markets, and tasks that evolve while agents work.

Identity Trust, limits, reputation, and budgets.

An agent's history should change what it is allowed to do.

Infra Memory, heartbeat scaling, tools, and evaluation.

The invisible machinery that makes autonomous work possible.