CortexLabs — shipping focused AI products, not generic demos

Applied AI that
breaks monopoly workflows

We find the one bottleneck everyone accepts as “normal”, then build a tighter product that wins on speed, clarity, and cost.

cortexlabs://launch

$ detect_bottleneck --industry "finance"

✓ Found: document intake → extraction → review loop (slow + costly)

$ ship --prototype --days 7

✓ Output: a laser-focused product that does one thing insanely well

What we obsess over: shipping, not slides.

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7–14 days
Typical first prototype
Enough to validate a workflow upgrade
1 wedge
Per product
Do one thing extremely well
Cost-first
Default infra
Self-host when it matters, managed when it wins
Obs baked-in
From day one
Telemetry, tracing, and guardrails

A repeatable playbook for real products

My take: most AI startups fail because they ship generic assistants. We win by shipping a single workflow upgrade that users can feel on day one.

Find the bottleneck

We map the workflow and locate the step that creates the most delay, cost, or vendor lock-in.

Design a narrow wedge

Instead of building “everything”, we build one sharp feature that makes the entire process feel new.

Ship in weekly loops

Every week delivers something customers can touch: a result, a prototype, a measurable improvement.

Make it production-grade

Security, observability, and cost controls are not add-ons — they are part of the first release.

Intelligence should be
applied, not theoretical

While others publish papers, we ship products. While research labs chase benchmarks, we chase real-world impact. The gap between AI capability and AI utility remains vast—we exist to close it.

Every product we build starts with a simple question: what industry is overcharging for something AI can do better? Legal research. Document processing. Developer workflows. Test preparation. We find the friction, then we eliminate it.

Products Shipped
Active in production
7+
Industries Disrupted
Legal, DevOps, Education, Creative
4
Our Focus
Applied AI, zero fluff
100%

Where we're building

We pick our battles carefully. Each focus area represents an industry ripe for disruption—where AI can deliver 10x value, not 10% improvements.

⚖️

Legal Intelligence

Transforming how legal professionals research, analyze, and deliver insights. AI-powered case analysis that rivals Bloomberg Terminal—at a fraction of the cost.

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Document Intelligence

Enterprise-grade document processing that actually understands context. RAG systems that work in the real world, not just in demos.

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Developer Experience

Tools that make developers faster, safer, and more productive. From code review to security scanning, AI that integrates into existing workflows.

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Education & Assessment

Intelligent preparation and assessment systems that adapt to each learner. Making quality education accessible and affordable.

Ready to build something?

Whether you're an enterprise looking for AI solutions or a fellow builder interested in collaboration, we'd love to hear from you.

Want CortexLabs to build your wedge?

If you can describe a workflow that feels slow, expensive, or locked behind a vendor — we can usually prototype a better path in a week and validate it with real users.

Fast validation
Prototype → measure → iterate (weekly).
No fluff
We ship outcomes, not pitch decks.
Modern stack
RAG + agents + observability by default.