Platform

Research

At Lazarus AI, our research is grounded in a simple belief: AI systems should be reliable, explainable, and built to perform in the real world. We focus on advancing applied intelligence through rigorous experimentation, open collaboration, and continuous validation.

Principles

Pushing the Envelope

We pursue advances that extend the boundaries of what AI systems can reliably achieve. Our work is grounded in closing the gap between experimental breakthroughs and production-grade intelligence.

Democratizing AI Access

We focus on making advanced AI attainable, not exclusive. By translating cutting-edge research into open source code, we make key innovations broadly available.

Breaking Barriers

We target the friction points others work around. From model limitations to governance constraints, our research is focused on eliminating the barriers that keep AI from becoming reliable infrastructure.

SovereignStack

On-prem AI in one command

ReAligned

An open fine-tuning recipe for Qwen 3.5 that realigns the model toward accurate, balanced and transparent answers.

Clearwing

An autonomous vulnerability scanner and source-code hunter inspired by Anthropic's Glasswing.

Posts & Publications

Meet the Team

Sean Gherardi
Sean Gherardi
Applied AI Researcher
Sean is a computer scientist and systems engineer with 26 years in the field, all of it at startups: game development, industrial process optimization, and embedded 6DOF motion tracking at Sixense, where he applied vector calculus to electromagnetic fields through the company's $350M exit. He has since built smart contracts, backends, and distributed systems at numerous early-stage startups. At Lazarus he does research and rapid prototyping.
Eric Hartford
Chief Scientist
Eric is a pioneer in open-source AI and cognitive architecture known for developing the "Dolphin" and "Samantha" model series. He leads Lazarus AI's research strategy with a focus on model steerability and maximizing reasoning capabilities by mitigating artificial constraints.
Youssef Fadhloun
ML Engineer
Youssef holds a M.S. in Embedded Telecommunications, specializing in IoT and AI, from the National Engineering School of Sousse. He was active on Zindi from 2020 to 2022 where he achieved multiple top placements and a peak global ranking of #4 among more than 100,000+ AI builders.
Jorge Garcia
Data Engineer
Jorge began his career at Sandia National Laboratories, applying AI/ML to seismology and earthquake monitoring. At Lazarus, he works on evaluation orchestration on industry-relevant datasets that drive model selection and platform development, as well as implementing new methodologies for processing data to enhance performance.
Matt Owen
ML Engineering Manager
Matt leads the AI/ML Engineering team at Lazarus, taking cutting-edge research from the lab into the software stack, with a focus on fine-tuning, evaluating, and applying privacy-focused LLMs. He brings 20 years of practical experience taking research ideas from concept to living, breathing product, across applied ML, distributed systems, and statistical programming.
Rob O'Callahan
Applied AI Researcher
Rob built an early career in bioinformatics before transitioning to software engineering, eventually joining Lazarus AI in November 2025. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and an M.S. from Rice University.