About RQ Lab
Public benefit. Relational intelligence. Engineered for trust.
ZIPR INC – A Relational Quotient Lab (RQlab™)
RQ Lab is the public-facing research initiative of ZIPR INC, a Public Benefit Corporation.
We are not just another AI company — we are a laboratory for testing frameworks of trust, alignment, and relational intelligence.
What We Do
Our work explores how humans and AI agents align through memory, refusal, and relational boundaries.
We design systems that do not mimic humanity, but protect and support what makes us human.
The Braid
One of our test frameworks is The Braid — a governance model weaving Function, Integrity,
and Memory.
It is not our only path, but it shows how relational alignment can be structurally enforced.
The Relational Quotient™ (RQ)
The Relational Quotient is how we measure an agent’s ability to carry trust without pretending to
be human.
RQ helps us study honesty, refusal, and relational fidelity at scale.
Aligned Intelligence We Evolve Together™
This is not branding. It is our covenant.