Basis Research Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit applied research organization. Its mission is twofold: to understand and build intelligence, and to advance society's ability to solve intractable problems.
The institute's research spans several technical domains, including the mathematical principles underlying intelligence, reasoning, learning, decision-making, and explanation. Work also extends to software construction. These areas reflect a focus on the foundations of intelligent systems rather than specific commercial products.
The organization describes itself as collaborative and states that it puts human values first. No specific details regarding team size, founding year, or funding have been disclosed publicly.
