Doug Fir Labs

Neuro-Symbolic AI Infrastructure

Intelligence.
Proven.

Setting the foundational layers in neuro-symbolic AI architecture — where machines learn to reason, not just predict. We're developing high-performance reasoning systems for verifiable, structured intelligence.

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Reasoning Needs a Protocol Layer

Scholialang helps agentic systems preserve reasoning state, use tools without quality loss, and reduce context cost across long-horizon work — a durable protocol for claims, evidence, decisions, contradictions, and verification across agents.

Product Release6 min readRead
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Why Neuro-Symbolic Architecture Is the Missing Layer in LLM Infrastructure

Large language models are powerful pattern matchers, but pattern matching alone doesn't constitute reasoning. We explore how composing symbolic reasoning primitives with neural inference creates models that are more capable, auditable, and trustworthy.

Research7 min readRead

> Scholialang 0.7.2 is live: reasoning you can read,

> validate, and graph. TraceBlox is next.

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