Autoscience Institute is developing AI systems designed to autonomously conduct AI research, with the stated goal of automating the role of the AI research scientist. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and has raised $14 million in seed funding.
The company's technical work spans deep learning, reinforcement learning, genetic algorithms, and distributed model training. Its flagship system, Carl, became the first AI to produce an academically peer-reviewed research paper accepted at ICLR 2025 Workshops. Another product, Autonomous lab, enables AI systems to create, evaluate, and deploy new machine learning models with minimal human intervention.
Autoscience Institute's approach centers on building AI that can independently generate research outputs - hypotheses, experiments, and papers - rather than merely assisting human researchers. The company's products reflect a focus on pushing the boundaries of what automated scientific discovery can achieve in the field of machine learning.
