Artificial intelligence in research, government, finance and health — convened in the Canaries and online.
Equation Labs is a research and development company. We build modular gasification plant that turns waste into clean, carbon-negative energy — and we develop the mathematics, learning algorithms and control software that let living industrial processes govern themselves.
Both arms start the same way: write down the equations that govern a physical process, then build the machine or the controller that holds it where it should be.
Modular, containerised units break biomass, agricultural residue and sorted municipal waste into syngas under oxygen-starved heat. Out comes 24/7 electricity, heat, and stable biochar that locks carbon into soil.
A contract research group working on continuous-time models of living systems, reinforcement learning with hard safety guarantees, and the compression that makes both run on edge hardware at the plant.
Beyond waste-to-energy, Equation Labs designs the AI and control layer for autonomous biological systems — proven on the OptiVX closed-loop cultivation platform for floating aquatic plants.
The research group was primary R&D partner on OptiVX work package AP1 — Core AI & ML Models — delivering the continuous-time models, the safe controller and the certification campaign across 29 accounted work phases.
Closed-loop cultivation control: continuous-time NDE models, a safe reinforcement-learning controller and the certification campaign behind them.
A predictive modelling and validation framework: statistical engine, hypothesis and experiment planning, drift-aware validation and automated reporting.
We model continuous biological dynamics with NDEs — learning the rule by which a living system evolves, not just memorising data points.
Controllers train in simulation and transfer to the real world (Sim-to-Real). A Safe-RL barrier-function filter guarantees the controller physically cannot harm the system.
Quantization, pruning and knowledge distillation shrink models to run on edge hardware — full closed-loop control with minimal compute footprint.
Every system is stress-tested across thousands of simulated years of operation before it ever touches a live biological process.
Multispectral imaging, sensor fusion and 3D reconstruction turn raw biological signals into a consistent state estimate.
NDE growth models + Safe-RL controllers run on an edge server directly at the cultivation basin — no cloud round-trip.
Validated actions drive nutrients, light and temperature in real time — closing the loop between measurement and correction.
Our modelling and thermochemical work is carried out alongside university and institute groups in Europe and Australia — the people who hold the instruments, the test rigs and the published record.
Modelling and process research collaboration
AustraliaCeramic and materials research for the reaction stage
GermanyThermochemical process engineering
GermanyApplied research collaboration
GermanyTogether we train and recruit the next generation of AI leaders here in Las Palmas and Málaga. It is our international career path: we train you, and after graduation we provide the visa.
Structured AI training at EX EPIC Academy, in Las Palmas or Málaga.
We hire from each cohort into live research work packages and live plant.
Visa provided after graduation — the international career path, start to finish.
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