Merle Blue Labs
Research & hardwarePrototypes and field systems, starting with LexManta: citywide mesh connectivity with an emergency mode that stays up when ISPs and power fail.
● MB-01LEXINGTON, KY38.04°N 84.50°W
Infrastructure for a living city.
Merle Blue designs and operates mesh networks, local-first AI and civic software. We build systems that keep working when everything else goes down.
LexManta // Mesh field● Simulated
StagePre-launch
HeadquartersLexington, Kentucky
First systemLexManta mesh
Data policyStays local
01 — Divisions
One company. Three divisions.
Labs builds it. Intelligence makes it smart. Commons gives it back to the city.
Merle Blue Intelligence
AI systemsLocal-first AI for businesses and public services, running on hardware we control. Intelligence that stays in Lexington. We don’t sell, share or surveil.
Merle Blue Commons
PublicFree access, open city data and community grants, funded by Labs and Intelligence.
02 — Capabilities
Built for the day the grid goes dark.
C-01
Mesh networking
Self-healing node networks that reroute around failures, with no central point of collapse.
C-02
Edge AI
Models that run on local hardware, so sensitive data never has to leave the city.
C-03
Encrypted comms
End-to-end encrypted messaging and voice on self-hosted infrastructure.
C-04
Hyperlocal sensing
Street-level weather and environmental data from a distributed station network.
C-05
Emergency resilience
Systems designed from day one for storms, outages and surge demand.
C-06
Civic software
Tools built for residents and city operations, owned locally and interoperable by default.
03 — Merle Blue Commons
Commercial engine. Public return.
Revenue from Merle Blue systems funds the Commons, which will run free public connectivity, emergency networks and open city data for Lexington.
- Public Wi-Fi
- In development
- Emergency mesh
- In development
- Open city data
- Planned
- Community grants
- Planned
04 — Engage
Request a briefing.
For city leaders, utilities, investors and enterprise partners.