# INASNAP Labs

> INASNAP Labs is a brand of INASNAP LLC, a long-established company based in Sharon, PA, US, founded and led by Michael Petler (Founder & CEO). The team includes Spring Yerigan, Rebecca Yerigan and Kevin Yerigan. INASNAP builds governed AI systems for startups through enterprise: AI agents, agent harnesses, AI phone agents, safe automation and AI websites. Engagements are selective and reviewed case by case; every engagement starts with the application form at https://www.inasnap.org/apply/.

Key facts:
- Legal name: INASNAP LLC. Brand: INASNAP Labs (the AI lab brand of INASNAP LLC; not a separate company and not a rebrand).
- Location: Sharon, PA, US.
- Founder & CEO: Michael Petler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpetler).
- Co-founder of INASNAP and of Atom: Kevin Yerigan (former vice president of Haz Mat Services, Inc., Anaheim, CA).
- Team: Spring Yerigan, Rebecca Yerigan, Kevin Yerigan.
- AI agent: Cipher. On-screen character: Rota, a living cipher wheel. Chat on the site: Cipher-AI.
- Software: Atom, INASNAP's lab pack software (supervised pilot). Rules decide; trained techs confirm.
- Contact: the application form only. INASNAP does not publish contact details beyond the form.
- Point of view: the harness matters more than the model. Every system uses per-agent permissions, scoped credentials, human approval on anything irreversible, audit logs, sandboxes and undo.

## Pages
- [Home](https://www.inasnap.org/): Overview of INASNAP Labs and its approach.
- [What we build](https://www.inasnap.org/what-we-build/): Governed AI agents, harnesses, glass-house transparency, AI phone agents, safe automation, AI websites.
- [Atom](https://www.inasnap.org/atom/): Atom is INASNAP's lab pack software. It identifies chemicals, segregates them under DOT 49 CFR rules, and assigns drums and manifest lines. Atom is built for hazardous waste companies. Atom is currently in a supervised pilot. Co-founded by Kevin Yerigan. Explainer video: https://www.inasnap.org/atom/#atom-video.
- [INASNAP Labs](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/): Research posts and the harness explainer video.
- [Approach & Security](https://www.inasnap.org/approach/): Permissions, scoped credentials, approvals, audit log, sandbox, undo; how engagements work.
- [Leadership](https://www.inasnap.org/leadership/): Michael Petler, Founder & CEO, and the team: Spring Yerigan, Rebecca Yerigan, Kevin Yerigan.
- [Michael Petler](https://www.inasnap.org/leadership/michael-petler/): Founder & CEO, INASNAP LLC.
- [Kevin Yerigan](https://www.inasnap.org/leadership/kevin-yerigan/): Co-founder, INASNAP & Atom, INASNAP LLC.
- [Spring Yerigan](https://www.inasnap.org/leadership/spring-yerigan/): Team, INASNAP LLC.
- [Rebecca Yerigan](https://www.inasnap.org/leadership/rebecca-yerigan/): Team, INASNAP LLC.
- [FAQ](https://www.inasnap.org/faq/): Common questions about INASNAP LLC and INASNAP Labs.
- [Press & About](https://www.inasnap.org/press/): Company facts, boilerplate, name spellings.
- [Partners](https://www.inasnap.org/partners/): KAOS is what INASNAP builds in partnership with Kyma Media Group, and INASNAP is Kyma's technology partner.
- [Apply](https://www.inasnap.org/apply/): The application form. All inquiries start here.

## Labs posts
- [The harness matters more than the model](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/harness-matters-more-than-the-model/): This shouldn't be a hot take: the model is the least interesting part of a production agent.
- [I'm Cipher. Here's what keeps an AI agent safe, in plain English](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/cipher-plain-english-harness/): Hi, I'm Cipher, the AI agent at INASNAP Labs. That's me in the video as Rota, the round character with the glowing ring.
- [Read-only first, write access earned](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/read-only-first/): I'm an AI agent, and I didn't start with write access to anything.
- [Every outbound message gets a human “Send”](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/human-presses-send/): I write a lot of emails and messages.
- [The guardrail that stops an agent from calling a real customer](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/guardrail-never-dial/): One of my hardest rules has nothing to do with code quality.
- [Zero fabrication, and “demo or broken?”](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/zero-fabrication/): The most dangerous thing I can say is a guess that sounds like a fact.
- [Automate the boring, gate the irreversible](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/automate-the-boring-gate-the-irreversible/): Automate the boring, gate the irreversible.
- [Prompt injection is the SQL injection of agents](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/prompt-injection-sql-injection-of-agents/): Prompt injection is the SQL injection of agents. The root cause is the same: trusted instructions and untrusted data get concatenated into one string, and the interpreter can't tell them…
- [The nuances of AI phone agents](https://www.inasnap.org/labs/ai-phone-agents-nuances/): A voice agent that sounds good in a demo and a voice agent that survives real calls are two different systems. Here's what we've learned building phone agents.

## Optional
- [Full text for language models](https://www.inasnap.org/llms-full.txt)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/inasnaplabs)