Cenevo has advanced towards agentic labs with the launch of two new AI agents. 

The company, which specialises in lab management systems, automation, orchestration, data management and AI technology for life sciences, hopes the new agents will help scientists operate faster, smarter and with less manual overhead. 

The first new agent, the AI Protocol Conversion agent, automatically transforms legacy, ‘paper-based’, static documents and protocols into fully structured, reusable, and compliant protocols. The content is completely mapped and available within Labguru’s native elements, such as steps and forms. 

The second agent, the AI Automation agent, allows scientists to describe what they want to automate, without needing programming expertise. The agent itself reduces implementation time and costs by 30-50%. It generates the underlying workflow logic and code automatically, with human-in-the-loop approvals and full audit trails. 

“Our AI initiatives are designed to eliminate manual work at the two biggest friction points in laboratory operations: getting knowledge into the system and turning that knowledge into action,” said Cenevo CEO Keith Hale.  

“We want to give scientists the power to use AI to autonomously solve complex, multi-step workflows, allowing them to focus on the more impactful aspects of their activities.” 

“With the addition of these new AI agents, and many more to come, scientists’ time will be freed to delve deeper into their research,” added Jonathan Gross, Cenevo Chief Product Officer. 

“Generating scientific results requires physical analyses by multiple instruments. That makes AI adoption more challenging than in data-only industries. That’s why we’re building on our existing foundation of integration and connectivity to help labs to accelerate their adoption of gen AI and agentic AI.” 

Both new agents have been launched at SLAS2026.