Essential Technology
Joseph Fridman, Adam Marblestone, Mary Wang, Anastasia GamickHow to build the infrastructure for accelerating breakthrough scientific research
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Our Responses to the NSF Tech Labs RFI
We recently wrote about why we’re excited about the NSF Tech Labs initiative and how it could become a landmark moment for Focused Research Organizations. Today we’re sharing our full response to the NSF’s Request for Information.
We submi...
The evolution of CHI-FRO
How does a child learn about the world so much, from so little, so quickly? Why does it take so much more data to train today’s leading AI models? How do you grow a mind?
One answer might come from probabilistic programming.
Probabilistic...
Announcing Merge Labs
Today, Merge Labs announced its launch as a new research lab pursuing long-horizon R&D in ultrasound-based neural technology, with $252 million in funding from OpenAI, Bain Capital, Gabe Newell, and others.
Merge Labs’ new team and initial...
What is the future missing?
It’s been an incredibly exciting year in metascience at large, and for us at Convergent.
Last week, the National Science Foundation announced their Tech Labs Initiative.
The week before, we joined teams from our UK FRO Fou...
The Future of Focused Research Organizations:
tl;dr: If you’re drafting an NSF Tech Labs RFI response around a team-built public good that removes a major bottleneck in a field, we’re happy to talk. Convergent has incubated 10+ FROs (and learned a lot in the process) and can help press...
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