Research Lab
BlackRoad Research explores the frontiers of sovereign AI, edge computing, and autonomous systems. We publish findings, run experiments on our own infrastructure, and build tools that push the boundaries of what's possible with self-hosted AI.
Current Research Areas
Edge AI Inference — Optimizing LLM performance on ARM64 + NPU hardware
Agent Autonomy — Measuring and improving AI agent self-sufficiency
Mesh Computing — Browser-based distributed compute via WebRTC
Sovereign Infrastructure — Zero-cloud architectures for AI workloads
KPI Observability — 60+ daily metrics across the entire stack
Recent Topics
Hailo-8 NPU throughput benchmarks for quantized LLMs
Multi-agent orchestration patterns with MCP
Pi 5 cluster network topology optimization
Self-healing infrastructure with autonomous bash agents