The Firm · Research Wing
TNAADO’s internal research arm. Applied AI, edge compute and systems architecture for environments where the cloud is not an option.
R.01 The Wing
The Research Wing is not a consulting unit and it is not a skunkworks for clients. It is TNAADO’s own ongoing investment in applied AI and compute architecture, work that runs in parallel with client delivery and feeds back into it.
It operates on a simple principle: the systems we build for clients should be tested against the hardest version of the problem first. The Wing is where that testing happens. Anything that survives it is production-ready before it ever touches a client environment.
R.02 Concentrations
Each is ongoing. Some become products. Some stay internal. None ships until it has survived production.
Retrieval-augmented agents, inference pipelines and production deployments built and tested in-house before they reach clients. The chat on this site is a live Wing deployment and the reference design for everything the practice ships.
Self-contained inference architecture designed to run without a datacenter behind it. Low power, high reliability, shaped to the form factor the operational environment demands. The question is not what the model can do in the cloud. It is what it can do on-premise, on-device and offline.
Systems built for environments where data sensitivity is real, network access is constrained and failure has consequences beyond a refund. Full local operation, hardware-level auditability, zero-trust design. Built for teams whose requirements do not fit a standard vendor stack.
Long-horizon work drawing from distributed systems theory and hardware architecture into systems that eventually ship. Research that keeps the Wing ahead of the procurement cycle it is building toward.
R.03 In Production
A short list. Only what is live, only what is in daily use.
Operational, longest-running
The firm’s proprietary AI assistant. Powers client intake, project scoping and business intelligence across the platform. The live chat on every page of this site is a Research Wing deployment and the reference design for everything else built here.
Internal, engineering
An AI-augmented pipeline that moves client requirements through scoping, architecture, build and deployment. Built on the Research Wing stack, tested on TNAADO’s own work before any client sees it.
Research, active
The active hardware and systems research program. Compact inference designed for on-premise and offline deployment. Not a product. In development. Work that will take years to ship and was started years ago.
R.04 Engagement
The Research Wing does not take general partnerships. Access to Wing research and systems comes through two paths.
Applied AI and edge compute work developed in the Wing ships inside client Technology mandates. If you are running a project that requires this depth of systems thinking, it comes with the engagement.
For teams running programs that require local AI capability at the systems level, regulated environments, sensitive infrastructure, complex on-premise requirements, we consider direct partnerships. Long timelines. Serious mandates.
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