Hi, I'm Chipo, founder of Quorin Technologies currently rolling out Archon.
I built this because I kept seeing the same pattern: labs everywhere are stuck on paper notebooks and Excel spreadsheets. Researchers hand-writing entries. No audit trail. No way to prove who did what, when. And when regulators come knocking, everything falls apart.
The bigger LIMS solutions exist, but they're built for enterprise labs with IT departments and unlimited budgets. They're bloated, expensive, and overkill for most research labs. So labs just... stay on paper.
Here's what we're solving: A compliance-ready electronic lab notebook that actually works. Digital entries. Tamper-proof signing. Audit trails. All built to be simple enough that a researcher can use it on day one, not after three months of training.
It's free to try (Community version). Compliance features are paid only if you actually need them (regulated environments). We're running a pilot program right now 5 spots, 60 days free.
If you're a lab manager, researcher, or just interested in how regulated environments can go digital without the enterprise nightmare I'd love to hear what you think.
Ask me anything. We're building this in public.
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From Paper to Digital: How Archon Simplifies Lab Compliance
I started building Archon in my first year at university after watching labs drown in paper trails and Excel sheets that couldn't survive an audit.
Most compliance software picks one piece of the problem, a notebook, or a LIMS, or an inventory tool, and leaves you stitching the rest together yourself.
Archon is the operating system for the lab itself. Notebook, samples, inventory, SOPs, datasets, audit trail, and accreditation readiness all in one system, built so the compliance record assembles itself as the work happens instead of getting reconstructed the night before an inspection. It works offline and scales from a single lab to a multi site network.
We're live today, free while in beta, and I'd love feedback from anyone running a lab, QA team, or compliance function. What's actually missing from your current setup?
From Paper to Digital: How Archon Simplifies Lab Compliance
I started building Archon in my first year at university after watching labs drown in paper trails and Excel sheets that couldn't survive an audit.
Most compliance software picks one piece of the problem, a notebook, or a LIMS, or an inventory tool, and leaves you stitching the rest together yourself.
Archon is the operating system for the lab itself. Notebook, samples, inventory, SOPs, datasets, audit trail, and accreditation readiness all in one system, built so the compliance record assembles itself as the work happens instead of getting reconstructed the night before an inspection. It works offline and scales from a single lab to a multi site network.
We're live today, free while in beta, and I'd love feedback from anyone running a lab, QA team, or compliance function. What's actually missing from your current setup?