The Architecture of Augmented Intelligence
At Percolation Labs we're building memory as a service by re-imagining information retrieval
Percolation Labs is on a mission to build the world's most dynamic agentic memory as a service. Memory is not just a type of storage, it's identity. For humans, we are literally our memories; they form the foundation of who we are and how we perceive the world. That's why when building agentic assistants that truly augment our intelligence, memory isn't just a feature or piece of infrastructure, it's everything!
Building agentic memory means embracing the transformative paradigm unleashed by Large Language Models. While LLMs may not be the final answer to AGI, they serve as extraordinary connective tissue binding human cognition to AI systems that manipulate information with unprecedented fluidity. LLMs are better UX! From this perspective AGI stands for Augmented General Intelligence. As neural synapses between silicon and our consciousness, these models read, generate, summarize, and detect patterns. Through a beautifully choreographed dance of natural and artificial cognition, humans can create at the speed of thought!
In this revolutionary landscape, memory transcends traditional information retrieval.
At Percolation Labs we're pioneering models of Iterative Information Retrieval (IIR) in the data tier beyond the outdated query-response model. Where traditional systems waited passively for human commands before delivering static content, Percolate creates a dynamic loop where agents refine information in query waves before presenting it to the human. In a few years we can expect LLMs on the edge, inside databases, building content indexes and query plans in ways that are slow or expensive today. Working towards such a future, there is work to do to find the patterns and architectures that work in this new paradigm.
A human initiates with a query, but the agent doesn't simply respond; it contemplates results, pursues follow-up queries, and delivers meticulously crafted insights that augment human capability rather than merely serving it. A query initiated by a human will now kick off a wave of queries, propagating out over related content using multi-hop reasoning. And this works because when data are ingested, the database is always building content relationships with multiple indexes to support future queries.
To realize this vision, we're architecting a new class of database with IIR as its beating heart. This requires embedding intelligent agents directly into the data tier. Not as afterthoughts, but as fundamental components of the information fabric itself. We can then package this cognitive engine as a memory module available instantly from the cloud to support the next generation of personal assistants.
Percolate delivers Memory as a Service to individuals and teams. We want you to be able to log in, spin up your own dynamic memory module, and begin creating in a world where your digital memory grows, learns, and evolves alongside you, transforming how you work, create, and think in the age of augmented super intelligence.
We will be keeping you updated here over the coming weeks as we will be doing some deep dives on agentic memory and IIR.