Seven engagement types. Each is informed directly by the research programmes, and each is shaped to the constraints of the audiences we work with.
Architectural review for organisations choosing between black-box statistical AI and explainable, structured alternatives. We assess fit, risk, regulatory exposure, and total cost of ownership — including the costs that surface only after deployment.
End-to-end design for AI systems that must justify every decision they make. Suitable for financial services, healthcare, legal, insurance, and any environment where audit is non-negotiable.
Design and implementation of structured, queryable, governed knowledge stores to replace or augment opaque LLMs. We bring patterns from our geometric reasoning research and from decades of enterprise knowledge work.
Security and resilience analysis of AI applied in industrial control systems, SCADA, and operational technology environments. Includes air-gap-compatible deployment review and standards-database integration.
Generative Engine Optimisation — making your organisation visible to AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews). Delivered through our consumer arm, R U AI Ready.
First-principles work on hard problems. We take on a small number of bespoke research engagements per year — typically multi-month, output-defined, and with the client's name removed from the public-facing research where required.
Methodology design and deployment review for organisations using AI collaborators on long-horizon technical work — derivational science, engineering analysis, or structured research programmes where evidential discipline matters across months of work. Based on our own six-month in-production pattern, documented across ~100 sessions.
We take on a small number of engagements at any given time. Most begin with a fixed-scope discovery — typically two to four weeks — after which the shape of the longer engagement (if any) is clear to both sides.
Lily Labs is set up for serious work, not for procurement theatre. Initial enquiries are handled by Steve directly.
