01 · Rapid prototyping1–3 weeks
Working software in days, not quarters
Spike an agent, a workflow, a model-backed feature — far enough that you can actually use it, share it and decide what to do next.
Southwark · London SE1
From prototypeto production-gradeagentic AI.
Acorn Labs is a Southwark studio for rapid prototyping, discovery and design-to-production of agentic AI — built on deep software platform, ML and product experience.
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Rapid prototypingDiscovery sprintsAgentic systemsPlatform engineeringApplied MLDesign → productionEvals & guardrailsProduct strategy
Rapid prototypingDiscovery sprintsAgentic systemsPlatform engineeringApplied MLDesign → productionEvals & guardrailsProduct strategy
/ 01 — What we do
Four ways we plant something useful.
We pick up engagements where speed and judgement matter more than headcount.
02 · Discovery2–4 weeks
Find the AI shape of the problem
Mixed-method discovery with users, data and models in the room together. Outputs are a thin slice, a real eval set and a roadmap you'd defend.
03 · Design to productionEngagement
From Figma to a system that runs on Monday
Productisation across UX, platform, observability, evals and on-call. We own the boring 80% as seriously as the demo.
04 · Agentic AI, deeplyBuild + embed
Agents wired into your platform
Tool use, memory, retrieval, multi-step planning and human-in-the-loop — anchored in real software engineering, not a notebook.
/ 02 — Approach
Product sense, platform depth, model fluency — in one small team.
01
Prototype to learn
We build the smallest thing that creates a real decision. Working software beats a deck, every time.
02
Engineer for production
Years of platform, infra and ML work behind us. Evals, observability, cost, latency and on-call are first-class from day one.
03
Agentic, with judgement
Tools, memory and planning chosen for the job — not because the demo looked clever. Humans stay in the loop where it matters.
/ 03 — Field notes
Half-formed thinking, published anyway.
Short essays from the bench. We post when something is true enough to defend over coffee.
/ 04 — Say hello
Got a small idea
you want to grow?
We take on a couple of partner projects each quarter, plus the occasional weekend prototype that sneaks past us.