Our Skunk Works Division
Rapid R&D and agent-based systems lab. We build the impossible in 48 hours or less.
Today's weekend experiment is tomorrow's AlignSure feature. Passion projects welcome. Failures celebrated. Speed over everything.
Speed. Chaos. Results.
Every major company has forgotten how to move fast. We haven't. Newf Labs operates under Skunk Works principles: build in 24-48 hours, ship working code over perfect code, fail publicly and learn openly.
24-48 Hour Build Cycles
Nothing takes longer than a weekend. If it can't ship in 48 hours, we're solving the wrong problem.
Agent-First Everything
Every problem gets an agent-based solution. Multi-agent swarms, recursive agents, agent democracy—if it sounds insane, we're trying it.
Fail Rate > 30%
Not failing enough means we're not trying hard enough. We celebrate crashes at monthly failure parties and document every spectacular mistake.
Current Innovation Areas
What we're building this month (subject to change on weekends)
Agent-Based Policy Enforcement Systems
What if HIPAA policies could enforce themselves? We're building autonomous agents that read policy documents, understand requirements, and validate evidence automatically.
Approach:
- ✓ Policy-to-code translation (HIPAA → executable rules)
- ✓ Evidence validation agents
- ✓ Gap detection swarms
- ✓ Self-healing compliance loops
Status:
- ● POC complete (48h sprint, Oct 2025)
- ● Testing in AlignSure sandbox
- ○ Production candidate for Q1 2026
Multi-Agent Compliance Audit Swarms
Why have one auditor when you can have 100 AI agents working in parallel? Swarm coordination for 53 NAIC audit topics simultaneously.
Architecture:
- ✓ 53 specialist agents (one per audit topic)
- ✓ Coordinator agent (task distribution)
- ✓ Consensus mechanisms (3-agent voting)
- ✓ Result aggregation and confidence scoring
Performance:
- Traditional audit: 40 hours (1 person, 53 topics)
- Agent swarm: 12 minutes (53 parallel agents)
- Speed improvement: 200x faster
- Cost: $8 per audit (Claude API usage)
Automated Evidence Generation Networks
Compliance evidence shouldn't require manual work. We're building agents that generate underwriter-ready documentation from your existing Microsoft 365 activity.
Example: HIPAA Security Risk Assessment
- Agent 1: Scans Azure AD for MFA enforcement → Generates evidence document
- Agent 2: Analyzes Intune device compliance → Creates security baseline report
- Agent 3: Reviews Purview data classification → Produces data inventory
- Agent 4: Aggregates all evidence → Formats as underwriter pack
Result: Zero manual work. Evidence generated in <5 minutes.
The Skunk Works Operating Rhythm
Daily
- Morning Chaos Report: What broke overnight?
- Afternoon Demo: What's working right now?
- Evening Experiment: What are we trying tonight?
Weekly
- Monday Madness: Start 5 new experiments
- Wednesday Wins: Demo what survived
- Friday Failures: Celebrate what died
Monthly
- Hackathon Weekend: 48-hour build fest
- Failure Party: Celebrate spectacular crashes
- Passion Showcase: Side projects get spotlight
Our Motto:
"If you're not confused, concerned, or slightly terrified by what we're building, we're not pushing hard enough. The best ideas sound insane until they work."
How We Measure Success
Different metrics for a different kind of lab
POCs per Week
Minimum velocity target
Build Time
Always, no exceptions
Failure Rate
Not failing = not trying
Agent Architectures
Tested weekly
From Weekend Hack to Production Feature
The pipeline from Labs to AlignSure
Weekend Experiment (0-48 hours)
Labs team builds POC. Working code, not perfect code. Demo on Monday.
Evaluation (Week 1)
Does it solve a real problem? Is it better than existing approaches? AlignSure team reviews.
Production Hardening (Weeks 2-4)
Add error handling, security, tests. Remove hardcoded credentials. Make it enterprise-ready.
Launch in AlignSure (Month 2)
Weekend experiment is now a production feature. Users benefit from innovation that moved at startup speed.
Have an Impossible Problem?
"That's impossible" is our favorite challenge. Let's see what we can build in 48 hours.