About Us – LabScale

About LabScale

WHO WE ARE

LabScale is a infrastructure platform founded in 2025 to address the critical infrastructure gap in online technical education.

We provide online colleges with dedicated private-cloud infrastructure equivalent to on-campus learning. Enterprise servers, networks, and isolated student environments, enabling faculty to deliver authentic hands-on technical education.

Built by a Student Who knows the Problem

CONNOR JAY

FOUNDER

I won’t accept barriers that do not need to exist. The infrastructure gap in online technical education is one of them.

While pursuing my Computer Networking & Cybersecurity degree at Champlain College, I built a large-scale lab environment in my dorm room, learning from my work with nearby MSPs and calls with networking professionals across the country. What began as personal Cisco certification training has evolved into infrastructure capable of serving entire programs.

That became my capstone project, and now my company: providing online colleges with the infrastructure their students need in order to learn the tools of the trade.

LabScale is not just an idea. It’s being built, tested, and launching late 2026.

– Connor

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Principles That Guide Us:

STUDENTS FIRST

Every decision is evaluated through one lens: Does this improve student learning outcomes?

FACULTY EMPOWERMENT

Infrastructure should enable faculty creativity, not constrain it. You design the curriculum. We provide the platform.

OPEN STANDARDS

We build on open-source technologies (Proxmox, Linux) and avoid vendor lock-in. Your infrastructure should never trap you.

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS

Online programs shouldn’t need million-dollar datacenters. Per-student pricing scales with your enrollment and budget.

AUTHENTIC OVER EASY

We provide real equipment because real learning requires authentic challenges, even when simulations would be simpler.

LOOKING FOR PARTNERS

We’re seeking additional online programs interested in providing authentic infrastructure to technical students. Capacity is limited for 2026-2027 academic year.

Contact connor.jay@labscale.io for more information.