We research, teach and open-source how software gets built with AI agents.
We study how software and the institutions that depend on it change when AI agents do part of the work, teach teams to work that way with the guardrails an enterprise will accept, and publish the tools we build as open source.
Three disciplines. One lab.
For universities, ministries and development partners investing in education and digital public goods; for engineering teams and their leaders adopting agentic AI; and for researchers and educators who want to build on open, inspectable tools.
Research
Agentic-first architecture, AI-led software delivery, and digital public goods for education in West Africa. Published in the open as it develops.
Agentic-first architectureProgramme →AI-led software delivery and DevSecOpsProgramme →Digital public goods for education in West AfricaProgramme →ResearchEducation
Hands-on intensives, one-to-one mentorship and talks for architects, engineers and the leaders who direct them. Every course ends with something running.
48-contact-hour build-first intensiveCourse →Mentorship and coachingOne to one →6 talk and workshop topicsSpeaking →EducationOpen source
Libraries, tools and curricula released under open licences, so that institutions can inspect, adopt and extend what we build.
AGPL-3.0 with a contributor licence agreementLicensing →3 projects from the archiveArchive →Open sourceThe practice that keeps the research honest.
Lead architecture, presales, programme recovery and partner enablement for US, UK and EU clients, contracted corp-to-corp. The same people who teach and publish carry design authority on live programmes.
The company.
TSL Intelligence Labs, Inc. is a New York corporation, known until October 2026 as TpISENT, Inc. It is a separate company from TpISENT (SL) Limited and TpGroup (SL) Limited in Sierra Leone. Contracts, invoices and intellectual property for the work on this site sit with TSL Intelligence Labs, Inc.
Questions people ask
What is TSL Intelligence Lab?
TSL Intelligence Lab is a New York research, education and open-source company founded by Tamba Sheku Lamin. It researches how institutions design, build and govern software when AI agents do part of the work, teaches architects, engineers and leaders to work that way, releases its tools as open source, and provides lead architecture consulting to US, UK and EU clients. Its legal name is TSL Intelligence Labs, Inc.
Is TSL Intelligence Labs, Inc. the same company as TpISENT, Inc.?
Yes. TSL Intelligence Labs, Inc. is the new name of TpISENT, Inc., the New York corporation incorporated in August 2018. The name changed by a Certificate of Amendment filed with the New York Department of State on 16 October 2026. Contracts, invoices and references issued as TpISENT, Inc. continue with the same company under its new name.
Where is TSL Intelligence Lab based?
TSL Intelligence Lab (TSL Intelligence Labs, Inc.) is incorporated and based in New York, United States. It works with clients and partners in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and West Africa, on UK and EU working hours, with New York and Freetown meetings by arrangement.
Is TSL Intelligence Lab part of TpISENT (SL) or TpGroup?
No. TSL Intelligence Labs, Inc. is a New York corporation and a separate company from TpISENT (SL) Limited and TpGroup (SL) Limited in Sierra Leone, which share its founder. Contracts, invoices and intellectual property for the research, education, open-source and consulting work on this site sit with TSL Intelligence Labs, Inc.
What does TSL Intelligence Lab research?
TSL Intelligence Lab runs three research programmes: agentic-first architecture (how enterprise architecture changes when AI agents are first-class actors), AI-led software delivery and DevSecOps (the guardrails, review gates and evidence trail that let an enterprise accept agent-written code), and digital public goods for education in West Africa. Working notes are published in the Agentic-First Architecture newsletter.