A small lab for large unknowns.
Ahoshinet Labs is a small, independent in-house R&D unit within Ahoshinet Groups. It exists to investigate what does not yet fit inside the group's current products, teams, or plans.
New territory needs room before it needs a roadmap.
Some ideas are too early, too cross-disciplinary, or too uncertain to begin as products. Labs gives those ideas a place to be tested honestly.
The goal is not novelty for its own sake. It is to turn curiosity into clearer questions, working prototypes, and knowledge that can eventually move the wider group forward.
From an internal division to a lab of its own.
- Nov, '22
An internal division
Labs began as an internal division of Ahoshinet Internet Co., Ltd., working on ideas outside the scope of its connectivity services.
- Apr, '25
AI for This is bot
Work began on AI features for This is bot, starting with /ask, a command that puts a question to a chosen model.
- Aug, '26
Ahoshinet Labs
Labs was established as an independent R&D unit within Ahoshinet Groups.
- Aug, '26
This website
Labs opened a public home at labs.daruks.com, a place to share work as it becomes ready.
- Oct, '26
What is bot
An AI-focused Discord bot and MCP server, and the first project Labs has made public.
- Now
Still in progress
Feature development for This is bot continues, alongside research that remains private. More will appear here when it is ready.
Built to stay curious and concrete.
- 1.
Independent by design
Small scale keeps the distance between an idea and a working experiment short.
- 2.
Curious across disciplines
Useful discoveries often appear where technical and creative practices overlap.
- 3.
Rigorous in practice
Experiments should produce evidence, reusable knowledge, or a clearer question.
- 4.
Patient about release
We publish when a result can stand on its own, not simply because it is new.