







"The truly visionary AI for Science company is not automating experiments or AI-generating Nature papers, but building technology to improve the collective sensemaking ability of scientists @cosmik.network and alphaXiv are both examples of startups trying to build new sensemaking infrastructure"
Science as Collective Sensemaking
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Sensemaking Networks: Project Introduction - Cosmik Labs
Incorporating science social media into the scientific process
Nature is Laughing at the AI Build Out -
I was catching up on Acquired episodes this week and listened to the spectacular “Google: The AI Company” episode that Ben and David put together. What the two of them have created with their podcast fascinates me in the inevitability of its success. I think Acquired proves that if you are smart and work your […]
Charting AI’s Role in Scientific Discovery — Renaissance Philanthropy – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation
Renaissance Philanthropy, with support from Google.org , is conducting a landscape study of AI integration in scientific research — and we want your perspective.

Meet Foundry: An AI Startup that Builds, Evaluates, and Improves AI Agents

These billion-dollar AI startups have no products, no revenue and eager investors
A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.
These Billion-Dollar AI Startups Have No Products, No Revenue and Eager Investors
A new wave of startups some have dubbed “neolabs” are focusing on long-term research and developing new AI models over immediate profits.

Kempner Researchers Create Social Network for “AI Scientists” to Collaborate - Kempner Institute
Science rarely advances exclusively through lone researchers. Progress often comes from discussion and collaboration — scientists sharing ideas, questioning one another, and refining their thinking together. Now, a team of […]

From Genius Science to Scenius Science - Cosmik Labs
Why personal AI tools might not be all we need to revolutionize science
AI has supercharged scientists—but may have shrunk science
Analysis of 41 million papers finds that although AI expands individual impact, it narrows collective scientific exploration
Rethinking AI for Science Funding
As science stands at an inflection point, how do we organize capital to shape the future of discovery?

Renaissance Philanthropy Fellow: Dario Taraborelli
Using X-Labs to Unleash AI-Driven Scientific Breakthroughs | IFP
How to adapt our science funding mechanisms to the unique infrastructure needs of large-scale AI projects


Stanford AO — Building the autonomous organization
Stanford AO is building the autonomous organization — an incubator at Stanford OpenLab for agent swarms, DAOs, AI villages, and related experiments.

Artificial intelligence tools expand scientists’ impact but contract science’s focus
Nature - Artificial intelligence boosts individual scientists’ output, citations and career progression, but collectively narrows research diversity and reduces collaboration, concentrating...

Cosmik Network
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Transforming social networks into sensemaking networks cosmik.network | Building @semble.so a social knowledge network for research | Co-organizing @atproto.science @cairos.network