ABOUT

A Lab That Builds the Future.

IP-first applied AI company, engineered from first principles.

91+
USPTO Patents
6
Products
15
People
3
Countries
Our Story

Not another AI company.

We don't retrain existing models or package OpenAI wrappers. Punky Tiger Labs starts at the silicon — rethinking compute, memory, and protocol layers with a patent-first methodology that has produced 91+ USPTO filings in under a year.

The thesis is simple: the current AI stack is built on a 1945 architecture. We're designing what comes after.

Punky Tiger Labs research laboratory
PTL R&D and development operations
R&D Operations

End-to-end, in-house.

Every layer of the stack is developed internally — from transistor-level architecture to the consumer-facing apps. No vendor lock-in, no IP leakage.

  • Post-Neumann silicon architecture & IP cores
  • ZLTA-2 zero-latency transport protocol
  • State Capsule runtime & orchestration
  • On-device inference & privacy-first ML
  • Six consumer apps in active development
  • Patent strategy & USPTO prosecution
  • Hardware manufacturing partners in Shenzhen
  • Software R&D centers across 3 countries

We don't optimize existing architectures.
We replace them.

Principles

Six rules we don't break.

01

First Principles

We rebuild from physics, not from previous product decisions. Every assumption is re-examined.

02

IP First

Patents before products. Every innovation is protected before it ships.

03

Zero Compromise

Performance, privacy, and economics — we refuse trade-offs between them.

04

Global by Nature

Engineering across 3 countries. Decisions compile locally, ship globally.

05

Security by Design

On-device inference. Zero data egress. Privacy is an architectural guarantee, not a policy.

06

Move Fast, Think Deep

Speed without shortcuts. Every commit is production-grade.

Team

The people behind the patents.

ÁL

Álvaro López

Founder & Chief Architect

30+ years designing consumer technology across Silicon Valley, Asia, and Latin America. Former senior roles in global hardware and software product strategy. Leads PTL's architecture vision and IP portfolio.

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RW

Rodney Waterman

Chief Strategy Officer

Operator and strategist bridging capital markets and deep-tech product. Drives PTL's go-to-market, partnerships, and investor relations.

MA
Michael Anderson
Corporate Secretary
AL
Amaru López
AI Developer
VS
Viviana Solar
Lead App Designer & AI Developer
PS
Peter Smith London
Sr. Technical Advisor
AA
Asad Afaq
Embedded Systems
CT
Carlos Toledano
Development Partner
MT
Moko Technologies
Manufacturing Partner
MM
María E. Moreno
Marketing Director
AC
Adriana Carrera
Brand & Design Lead
AR
Abel Rangel
Finance & Accounting
MP
María Perdomo
Executive Assistant
Locations

Three countries. One stack.

Headquarters

Burbank, California · USA

Executive, strategy, and IP operations. Delaware C-Corporation.

R&D Lab

Monterrey, Nuevo León · Mexico

Silicon design, firmware, and on-device ML research.

Manufacturing

Shenzhen · China

Production partners, supply chain, and hardware logistics.

Build with us.

Partnerships, licensing, investment, or a sharp question — we're listening.

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