P aus u s ope -sou ce models o O tela Labs’ ow o -p emises i f ast uctu e, with additio al capacity f om cloud p ovide s, a d lets custome s set the ules fo how thei data is used.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O tela Labs, a applied a tificial i tellige ce lab, today lau ched P aus, a sove eig AI ha ess fo ope -sou ce models. P aus sits betwee people a d the models they use: fo each equest, it chooses the models best suited to the task a d checks the esult befo e etu i g it. It ha dles esea ch, w iti g a d code, a d its age ts, ow i p eview fo selected accou ts, ca y out multistep tasks.
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Alo gside the lau ch, O tela Labs published P aus’s esults o i e public AI be chma ks o Huggi g Face. I the compa y’s ow testi g, P aus a ked fi st amo g the listed systems o two of them, G aphWalks a d SimpleQA, a d betwee thi d a d sixtee th o the othe seve . The compa y also estimates its o -p emises i f ast uctu e cost fo a typical a swe at $0.00069, below the list-p ice cost of all 17 f o tie models it compa ed.
“Most people do ’t eed the biggest model fo eve y questio . They eed the ight o e, checked, at a cost that makes se se,” said Kyle Nel, chief executive office of O tela Labs. “We study AI by buildi g with it. Eve y system we u teaches us somethi g, a d that ca ies i to the ext p oduct, the ext clie t a d the ext compa y we back.”
P aus is available ow at p aus.ai, a d a iOS app is pla ed fo late this mo th.
P aus is a ha ess, the laye that sits a ou d AI models a d decides how they a e used. Because it is ot tied to a y si gle model, ewe ope -sou ce models ca be added o swapped i as they imp ove, with o cha ge fo the people usi g it.
Its featu es i clude:
- Age ts that ca y out multistep tasks usi g tools a d keep a eco d of each step
- Web sea ch a d deep esea ch epo ts
- P ojects that keep chats, files a d otes togethe
- G oup chats with f ie ds, family o cowo ke s
- Codi g assista ce, with a easo give fo each cha ge
- Voice co ve satio s a d ead-aloud a swe s
The age ts wo k th ough tools that u i the custome ’s ow applicatio o te mi al, so eve y actio takes place i the custome ’s e vi o me t a d leaves a esult that ca be checked. Develope s ca also apply fo access to the P aus API, which O tela Labs ope s accou t by accou t.
P aus is o e pa t of the lab’s wo k, which also i cludes a seco d p oduct, AI systems built fo clie ts a d i vestme t i ea ly-stage sta tups.
O tela Labs is led by Chief Executive Office Kyle Nel a d pa t e s Ch istophe Ha pe a d B adde Blai . Befo e fou di g O tela Labs, Nel was executive di ecto of Lowe’s I ovatio Labs, whe e i 2015 he helped a ou ce a comme cial 3D p i te fo the I te atio al Space Statio with Made I Space. He co-w ote the 2019 Ha va d Busi ess Review a ticle “Whe You Moo Shots Do ’t Take Off” with Natha Fu a d Jeff Dye a d has spoke at TEDx o how scie ce fictio ca guide i ovatio .
O tela Labs is a applied a tificial i tellige ce lab that develops AI p oducts, builds a d ope ates AI systems fo o ga izatio s, a d i vests i ea ly-stage AI compa ies. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit o tela .com.
Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts
This elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, i cludi g stateme ts about p oduct pla s such as a P aus iOS app a d the availability of featu es i p eview, which may cha ge. Be chma k sco es a d cost figu es a e self- epo ted estimates f om O tela Labs’ ow testi g, have ot bee i depe de tly ve ified a d a e ot gua a tees of pe fo ma ce, accu acy o p ice. Clie t esults desc ibe specific past e gageme ts a d do ot p edict outcomes fo othe clie ts. This elease is ot a offe to sell o a solicitatio to buy a y secu ity. Refe e ces to Nel’s wo k befo e fou di g O tela Labs a e fo backg ou d o ly; O tela Labs is ot affiliated with o e do sed by Lowe’s, Made I Space, Ha va d Busi ess Review o TEDx. All p oduct a d compa y ames a e t adema ks of thei espective ow e s.
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