WE BUILD AI THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.
Pittsburgh AI Lab. 60+ Open Source Projects. Zero Vendor Lock-in.
Most AI projects fail because teams build demos instead of production systems. We don't do demos.
MANIFESTO
WE BUILD. THEN WE SHIP.
Since 2010, we've operated like a lab — hands on the keyboard, not just the whiteboard. When we advise, it's because we've already built it ourselves.
Every line of code we write ships. Every model we train solves a real problem. Every system we deploy runs on YOUR hardware, with YOUR data, under YOUR control.
We believe AI should be private, local, and owned by the people who use it.
60+ open source repositories. 624 GitHub stars. 2 shipped AI products. Zero bullshit.
CAPABILITIES
LOCAL AI DEPLOYMENT
Private, on-premise AI systems running on your hardware. Ollama-based. No data leaves your building.
MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS
Autonomous agent workflows that actually complete tasks. Built on AutoGen. Not chatbots — workers.
SALES ENABLEMENT
AI-powered proposal generation, lead scoring, and pipeline intelligence. Real revenue impact.
DOCUMENT INTELLIGENCE
Turn your document chaos into a searchable, queryable knowledge base. Process thousands of docs in hours.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT AI
Intelligent ticket triage, response generation, and escalation. $0.50 per interaction vs $15+ for human support.
CUSTOM DEVELOPMENT
Full-stack web applications, APIs, integrations. Python. JavaScript. Whatever the problem needs.
THE LAB
OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS
Ollama-Workbench
Comprehensive platform for managing and testing local Ollama models
TeamForgeAI
AI agent framework for managing teams of agents with common goals
ai-persona-lab
Create and manage dynamic AI personas for interactive group chats
Reddit-Marketing
n8n workflow for identifying marketing leads from Reddit posts
TEAM
THE HUMANS BEHIND THE MACHINES.
Marc Shade
FOUNDER / TECHNICAL DIRECTOR> Building software since the 1980s. Spent 20 years shipping for corporate clients — Kellogg's, Hertz, Stryker, ConAgra — with teams from Leo Burnett and Arc Worldwide.
> Founded 2 Acre Studios in 2010. Pivoted to AI in 2023. Now builds private, local AI systems — multi-agent workflows, RAG pipelines, and full-stack applications.
> 60+ open source repos. ARC-AGI-3 competitor. Zero tolerance for vendor lock-in.
Scott Frederick Laughlin
LEAD AI/ML ENGINEER / CLOUD ARCHITECT> Tech entrepreneur and cloud architect with a decade of pioneering AI SaaS, IoT solutions, and multi-cloud infrastructure. Founder of TechRamp.
> Led high-impact projects for Fortune 500 enterprises — advanced AI agents, large-scale data processing, and cloud-connected product architectures.
> Expertise: generative AI, AI-assisted consulting, IoT, and next-generation cloud systems.
TERMINAL
THE BEST INTERFACE IS NO INTERFACE.
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READY TO BUILD SOMETHING REAL?
No pitch decks. No 6-month discovery phase. We start building in week one.
> PHONE: (412) 407-6170
> LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA, USA