+ Evaluation / Governance / Assurance

Test the system.
Check the fix.

We test AI, robots, quantum computers, and other advanced technologies. We help teams find failures, decide what to change, and check that the changes work.

What we do ↗
AI is our main focus. Our work spans advanced technologies.
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PHYSICAL AIAutonomy meets reality.
DRAG TO ORBIT
Perception → decision → physical actionINTERACTIVE 3D STUDY
CHOOSE A SYSTEM12 systems to explore
Selected experience & research

The experience behind our work.

Experience across leading AI organizations, public institutions, and international research venues.

Our team’s experience spans

OpenAI
Anthropic
Perplexity AI
Microsoft
Meta
Google
U.S. Navy
U.S. Department of War
Tripadvisor
TikTok
Scale AI
UC San Diego
UNESCO
UNICEF
World Bank Group
MIT AI Alignment
Harvard Kennedy School
Stanford School of Engineering
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
World Economic Forum
Central European University

Our work has been featured at

NeurIPS
UNIDIR
University of Cambridge
King's College London
University of Oxford
The American University of Paris
Wilfried Martens Centre
CERN
01 / The pressure lab Illustrative simulation · no live systems
CASE 02 / PHYSICAL AI

A clear path.
A hidden assumption.

A robot plans a route from a sensor reading. What happens when that reading is stale, but the movement command still looks valid?

ASSUMPTION UNDER TEST

The location estimate is recent enough to authorize movement.

Inspect the system ↑
OPERATING LIMITSBASELINE
The system is operating within its assumed limits.

Introduce a disruption to expose the dependency behind the action.

LOW PRESSUREHIGH PRESSURE

A conceptual model, not a measured safety score. Change the pressure and compare the response.

02 / How systems depend on each otherFOLLOW A FAILURE

One failure can
reach another system.

A robot needs sensors. A sensor needs a clock. A remote operator needs a network. We test what happens when those dependencies fail.

01 / AI & AGENTS

AI agents that use tools.

Test how agents use tools, memory, and delegated permissions.

FOLLOW ONE FAILURE PATH

Retrieved content → delegated authority → external action

HOW WE SUPPORT YOU
  • Test failures and record what happened
  • Set permissions and name decision owners
  • Repeat tests when the system changes
+ CHOOSE A FAILURE. FOLLOW ITS PATH.

Illustrative dependencies. Each engagement starts with the actual system.

03 / The Syntony methodTEST → DECIDE → FIX → TEST AGAIN

Find the fault.
Check the fix.

We test the system, document what happened, identify who needs to act, and test the response.

SYNTONY / EVIDENCE RECORD+
PHYSICAL AIILLUSTRATIVE RECORD

What needs to be true
before the system acts?

Agree what the system is meant to do, who could be affected, and what the test must show.

05 / Work with SyntonyA CLEAR QUESTION. A USEFUL RESULT.

What do you
need to find out?

We help labs, companies, public agencies, and civil society test advanced technologies and decide how to use them.

06 / Who we work withSYSTEMS IN THEIR WORKING CONTEXT

START WITH A QUESTION

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
Working across systems. Working globally.

hello@syntonyresearch.ai ↗

LET’S DEFINE THE QUESTION

Tell us about
your system.

Keep this high level. Your brief stays in this browser until you choose to email or download it.

ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE

Make the method tangible.

These interactive studies use fictional systems and simplified rules to demonstrate how a finding can change a decision, operating limit, or control. They contain no client data and do not represent measured performance, a validated physical model, or a certification.

The 3D objects are original procedural illustrations. Every real engagement requires a defined system, threat model, evidence, relevant specialists, and scope of assurance.

Research foundations

The control principles presented here are a Syntony design framework; applying them requires domain-specific validation.