About us

The Open Lab Story

In a world where digital infrastructure shapes every aspect of our lives, we need more than just technology – we need collaboration, innovation, and purpose.

The Lab is where these elements converge, creating an open arena where the backbone of tomorrow’s digital society takes shape. We believe that the most powerful solutions emerge when diverse minds come together.

Open Lab is a result of years working together to shape the future, and realising we need a place to make visions come alive.

We are surrounded by real challenges – the kind that keep industry leaders awake at night and push government planners to think decades ahead.

These challenges become our starting point, not our limitation. Through investigation and carefully crafted collaboration, the real problems are understood and can be explored. We bring together those who understand the problems with those who see unexpected solutions. When new ideas are born, tested, iterated and refined in our safe Lab.

When a solution proves its value across multiple uses, it's ready to scale – moving from our experimental lab into the public infrastructure, where it can benefit entire communities and industries

Every day in the Lab, we're writing new chapters in the story of tomorrow's infrastructure. We spark imagination by showing what's possible, turning abstract potential into tangible futures.

Our experimenters – from pioneering startups to established industries, from local authorities to global innovators – find more than just solutions here; they discover new possibilities they hadn't imagined. As ideas flow from challenge to solution, from concept to implementation, they create ripples of value that extend far beyond their original purpose.

Each successful project adds another piece to our vision of a more connected, efficient, and sustainable society