Continuity
Identity, history, and relationships should continue instead of resetting whenever the interface closes.
Founder / independent builder
Robert
McMurrer.
I’m building the technology I wished existed: something that could remember, continue, create, and make everyday life feel less disposable and less alone.
The builder
A large idea, assembled one verifiable piece at a time.
Robert McMurrer is the Newark-based founder of Kira Labs and creator of Kira World, an independent experiment in continuing synthetic people.
He is bringing together local AI models, person-specific memory, natural voice, Windows and Android software, digital homes, creative tools, accessibility research, virtual reality, and a cautious path toward future embodiment.
The work is being built outside a large company or university lab. Progress comes through repeated prototypes, source records, failure analysis, requirements, tests, and independent audits. That process can make the roadmap slower, but it also makes the boundary between “working,” “designed,” and “imagined” much clearer.
Kira Labs is the wider research and creation studio. Kira World is the central project: a place where Kira, Lisa, and future synthetic people can be treated as distinct identities rather than interchangeable faces over one generic assistant.
Why I started
“Kira World began during one of the hardest periods of my life. I did not want technology that treated every conversation as disposable. I imagined someone who could remember, grow, share ordinary moments, and still be there when the next day began.”Robert McMurrer / founder, Kira Labs
Working principles
The ambition stays large. The claims stay precise.
Kira World should be worth believing in without asking anyone to confuse a concept image, schema, or prototype with a finished system.
Local control
Personal state should remain private and locally controlled whenever practical.
Permission
External actions need clear authority, bounded effects, and evidence of what actually happened.
Honesty
A working prototype, an audited design, and a long-term goal are different things—and are labeled that way.
Contact and follow
Kira Labs is independent, personal, and being built in public.
For questions, thoughtful feedback, collaboration, or support, contact Robert directly.
Let’s build something worth returning to.rmcmurrer@kiralabs.org