kai Industries · Data sheet KL‑1‑DS‑1 · 197▦
KL‑1
General-purpose human processor
- SYSADM
- Paul Felby
- Status
- Running (KLOS)
- Package
- DIP‑24, plastic
- Revision
- 3.0.0
- Supply
- Single, +5 V
General description
Fig. 1The KL‑1 is a general-purpose human processor configured for executive leadership, AI transformation and agentic delivery. It runs as system administrator of kai labs and is deployed as CPO and CTO at Adthena, where it authored the product and technology strategy and drives its delivery. A third output stays high in parallel: founder of several open source projects. Three pins high at once is not a fault condition; see 2.0.
Pin 6 is the conference output. Subjects to date: AI and agentic AI for product and technology at the CEO Summit in Washington, DC; invited talks at Amazon and Google; two appearances at Oxylabs. Full list in 5.0.
Between deployments it builds things and leaves them running - a Gmail client, a Claude Code telemetry service, four Chrome extensions. Ten parts are listed in 3.0. Earlier revisions were fielded in ticketing, broadcast, finance and defence (4.0).
On power-up the device attempts to detect the identity of the caller. Please remain calm.
Features
- Predictive monitoring HawkFlow.ai
- Telemetry and dashboards clawdo
- Mail client boxes, Gmail API
- Browser extensions Chrome, four shipped
- Peer-to-peer transport WebRTC, no server
- Natural language parsing remdingo
- Enterprise delivery Twelve field sites
- Single supply operation No external clock trim
Applications
- AI transformation Org, product, engineering
- Agentic AI in production Product and tech
- Product strategy Authored, Adthena
- Competitive intelligence Adthena
- Executive leadership CPO and CTO
- Keynotes and invited talks Five appearances
Passivation removed. One defective cell, top right of column 14 - see 7.0.
Pin configuration
Top view · DIP‑24Fig. 2 - Package top view. Pin 1 index marked; numbering runs counter-clockwise from the notch.
| Pin | Symbol | Type | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SYSADM | I/O | Paul Felby. System administrator, kai labs. |
| 2 | CPO | OUT | Adthena - chief product officer. Held high. |
| 3 | CTO | OUT | Adthena - chief technology officer. Held high with pin 2. |
| 4 | STRAT | OUT | Strategy. Sets product and technology direction; authored the Adthena product strategy. |
| 5 | XFRM | OUT | AI transformation. Takes an organisation, its product and its engineering from before to after. |
| 6 | TALK | OUT | Conference output. Five appearances across four venues; see 5.0. |
| 7 | HAWK | OUT | HawkFlow.ai - monitoring with automatic predictive learning. |
| 8 | BOXES | OUT | boxes - a Gmail client for people who would rather not log into Gmail. Triage on one time axis, one keystroke per action. |
| 9 | CLAWDO | OUT | clawdo - Claude Code telemetry. Collects metrics, events and spans per user and charts them. |
| 10 | MARK | OUT | comoketab - bookmarks and reading list, Chrome. |
| 11 | HILITE | OUT | Word Highlighter - keeps a saved word list and marks every match on every page, so you stop running Ctrl+F. |
| 12 | GND | PWR | Common return. Tie to solid ground. |
| 13 | TABS | OUT | Open Tab Viewer - every open Workspace document in one searchable dashboard. Jump to a tab, or close the duplicates. |
| 14 | ZTC | OUT | zoom-tab-closer - shuts the tab when the meeting ends. |
| 15 | RTC | I/O | disapeer - WebRTC file transfer and realtime chat. |
| 16 | NLP | OUT | remdingo - reminders in plain English. |
| 17 | IRQ | IN | Interrupt request. Level-triggered by production incidents. |
| 18 | CLK | IN | System clock. Externally driven. See calendar. |
| 19 | SRC | OUT | Source available at github@felbus. |
| 20 | NC | - | Not connected. Reserved for future expansion. There is always one more. |
| 21 | RST | IN | Reset. Requires a low pulse of seven to eight hours. |
| 22 | WWW | OUT | Rev 1.0 terminal - the original FLOS interface. Still runs. |
| 23 | TEST | IN | Factory test. . |
| 24 | VCC | PWR | Supply. Nominal +5 V, single rail. |
Rev 3.0 assigns four previously unused outputs and is not pin compatible with rev 2.x. Devices marked FL‑1 are the previous generation and remain supported; the prefix changed with the factory.
Ordering information
Pin assignments in 2.1| Part no. | Description | Package | Status | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KL-HAWK-07 | Monitoring with automatic predictive learning | Hosted service | Production | hawkflow.ai |
| KL-BOX-08 | Gmail client built for triage | Web app | Sampling | Contact factory |
| KL-CLW-09 | Claude Code telemetry and dashboards | Service | Internal | Contact factory |
| KL-CMK-10 | Bookmarks and reading list | Chrome extension | Available | comoketab |
| KL-HLT-11 | Persistent word highlighting, every page | Chrome extension | Sampling | Contact factory |
| KL-TAB-13 | Open tab dashboard for Workspace docs | Chrome extension | Sampling | Contact factory |
| KL-ZTC-14 | Automatic Zoom tab disposal | Chrome extension | Available | zoom-tab-closer |
| KL-DSP-15 | WebRTC file transfer and realtime chat | Source | Available | disapeer |
| KL-RMD-16 | Natural language reminders | Source | Available | remdingo |
| KL-SRC-19 | Everything else, as-is | Source | Available | github@felbus |
Part numbers carry the pin they appear on in 2.1. Sampling parts are pre-release and have no public ordering information; internal parts are not released outside the factory.
Field deployments
Previous upgrades · non-exhaustive- Ticketmaster / Live Nation
- Logica Space and Defence
- Royal Sun Al▦iance
- Countrywide Property Lawyers
- Anite Calculus
- Investec
- Crown Business Communications
- Iris Worldwide
- CNBC
- e-nov▦tion
- PositionPal
- Computer-Ed
Application notes
Published · pin 6| No. | Subject | Venue | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|
| AN-01 | AI and agentic AI for product and technology | CEO Summit, Washington, DC | 1 |
| AN-02 | Invited talk | Amazon | 1 |
| AN-03 | Invited talk | 1 | |
| AN-04 | Web scraping | Oxylabs | 2 |
Listed by venue where the subject was not published. Contact factory for details or to schedule.
Absolute maximum ratings
TA = 25 °C unless noted| Symbol | Parameter | Min | Max | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCC | Supply voltage | - | 5.5 | V |
| ICAF | Caffeine input current | 2 | 4 | cup / day |
| tMTG | Meeting duration, continuous | - | 1.5 | h |
| fCTX | Context switch frequency | - | 12 | / day |
| tRST | Reset pulse width (pin 21) | 7 | - | h |
| TA | Operating temperature, ambient | 4 | 28 | °C |
Stresses beyond those listed above may cause permanent damage to the device. Exposure to absolute-maximum-rated conditions for extended periods may affect reliability.
Errata
Rev 3.0.0 · open- E‑01
Display column 14, cell 1 is dead. Present since rev 0.1. Visible as ▦ throughout this document. Characterised, not fixed. No fix planned.
- E‑02
Identity detection may exceed the specified window. The device continues to ask who you are after the answer has been supplied. Remain calm.
- E‑03
Unprompted observability. Given any system, the device will propose instrumenting it. Assert RST (pin 21) to clear.
- E‑04
Strategy leakage. Any sufficiently long conversation converges on strategy. Working as intended.
Package outline
DIP‑24 · top view- Dimensions in millimetres.
- Drawing not to scale.
- Lead pitch nominal; device may drift under load.
- Handle by the body, not the leads.