Journal
Notes from the lab.
Engineering notes, research findings, product releases — and the occasional essay on building things that last.
2026 · 05 · 14
SignGPT 2.0 — on-device, end-to-end, in eight languages
Our sign language translation engine moves to fully on-device inference, adds six new source languages, and ships a redesigned mobile experience.
— Product
2026 · 03 · 02
Distilled agents — when a smaller model beats the frontier
A short note on production agent systems where a fine-tuned 8B model outperforms a frontier model at one-twentieth the cost.
— Research
2026 · 01 · 22
Lembic AI raises seed round, opens to creator partners
Lembic AI, our digital content creation platform, has closed its seed round and is opening early access to a curated cohort of creators.
— Lab
2025 · 11 · 08
A pragmatic data platform on Iceberg — twelve months in
We rebuilt a client's analytics stack on Iceberg, dbt, and a dash of Trino. Twelve months later — what worked and what didn't.
— Engineering
2025 · 09 · 30
D-ALabs joins the Korea AI Alliance
We've joined the Korea AI Alliance to contribute to open evaluation standards for Korean-language LLMs.
— Lab
2025 · 07 · 12
A new design language for D-ALabs
We rebuilt our visual identity around the metaphor that's always sat behind the work — alchemy as a discipline for turning complexity into value.
— Product
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