Leka Labs (early access)
Test features, backends and packs before general release. Leka Labs accelerates validation in controlled environments, with L3 technical support and structured feedback return.
Access under NDA. Pre‑GA features subject to changes. Requires good testing practices (no production). Eligibility: Gold/Silver Partners and active startups from the Startup Program (with real usage).
Why Leka Labs
Accelerates technical "fit": validate before GA and plan your offer.
Influence the roadmap: we prioritize based on real results.
Prepare "IA Solutions" or market packs with temporal advantage.
What access includes
Feature flags: pre‑GA modules and endpoints (v1beta): Serving/Backends, Training/Evaluation, Agents/BPMN, RAG/Vector, IDE/Plugins.
Sandboxes: ephemeral or isolated environments in your K8s for testing (synthetic or anonymized data).
Artifacts: "canary" builds, new compatibility matrices, reproducible scripts/benchmarks.
L3 Support: dedicated technical channel and group clinics (no functional consulting).
Current cohort (examples)
Backends: hardened TensorRT‑LLM/Triton (beta), OpenVINO iGPU/NPU (beta).
Quant & Training: advanced QLoRA and additional adapters; expanded evaluation harnesses.
RAG/Vector: new rerankers and providers; reinforced groundedness metrics.
IDE/Plugins: expanded actions in VSCode (alpha), JetBrains preview.
Check the portal for the live list of features by cohort.
Usage rules (mandatory)
No production: only test environments or "shadow traffic".
Data: synthetic or anonymized. If using real data, ensure legal basis and minimization.
Confidentiality: active NDA; no publishing results without approval.
Reports: structured feedback with template (see below).
Security: follow sandbox guides, limits and policies.
Structured feedback
Report format (max. 1–2 pages per feature):
Context and objective.
Setup (hardware/stack/versions).
Results: P50/P95 latency, throughput, cost, quality (relevant metric).
Observations: bugs/edge cases/ergonomics.
Recommendations: "must", "should", "nice‑to‑have".
Send from portal → Leka Labs → "Send feedback".
Incentives
Marketplace credits for partners/startups that provide useful feedback.
Badges: "Leka Labs Contributor" on your partner/solution profile.
Priority in co‑marketing/IA Solutions when that feature reaches GA.
Sandboxes and limits
Quotas: token/QPS limits, job duration and storage per laboratory.
Times: limited testing windows per cohort (2–6 weeks).
Rollback: canary builds with immediate rollback.
Observability: base dashboards (Prometheus); signed logs for audit.
How to join (steps)
Request access
in the portal (mark "Leka Labs").
Sign the NDA
(if you haven't) and accept program conditions.
Receive feature flags
and sandbox guide.
Execute labs
and send feedback with template.
Prepare IA Solution
(optional) based on the feature for GA.
Legal and compliance
Mandatory mutual NDA (see /legal or request one here).
DPA if personal data is used and Processor role.
Residency by region (EU/LATAM) and no cross‑region replication by default.
Acceptable use policy: no abuse, no scraping, no reverse engineering beyond what's permitted.