@akilian

a world of pure imagination @c5rcorp

 san francisco
akilian.com
Joined February 2010
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Kevin Kwok
@kevinakwokOct 9
TSMC doesn’t just make chips. It manufactures its customers. New essay. Abstract Warfare: How TSMC Made Its Own Market kwokchain.com/2026/10/09/abs…
my loop is better than your loop.

ALT my loop is better than your loop.

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Richard Beattie@r_bt_Sep 24
Been a busy three months since graduating – mostly spent teaching Claude to use a liquid handling robot, a balance, and an X-ray diffractometer. Having a lot of fun working with this team and excited to share what we’ve been doing
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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donald
@donaldjewkesSep 24
you can prompt this entire facility one model controls everything: equipment, researchers, and inventory I spent two weeks living inside it, working on C5R's launch with Astra – here's what it felt like:
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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excited to share a bit of what we've been up to
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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Dante
@CamutoDanteSep 24
After years in pure software, advances in coding agents made me want to revisit my PhD work in AI x Science and see what was now possible with the latest models. Turns out, many of my friends were thinking the same thing. C5R is the result :)
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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Been working on this. we've got frontier models controlling a research facility plus we can benchmark their abilities (at bio, chem, materials). Models have been making big steps in code, maths, etc, but not yet in the lab. this is how we can change that.
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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sohan
@ohansaySep 24
There are 158 devices in the facility Each is reverse engineered & integrated Liquid handlers, robots, sequencers… even each light The building is a massive programmable robot
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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Tom
@carthymctomSep 24
> be me > @akilian says ai obvs going to do big science > ok then it will need a lab right > actually it will need REALLY big labs > they don’t exist > ok we will build it > mfw ai doing science with the homies
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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six months ago, we started C5R to build physical spaces where models can do R&D. in twelve weeks, we had our first facility up. since then, we've brought together an incredible team of friends and former colleagues. a lot of people helped make this happen. thank you.
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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18 months ago, I went all in on studying biology. I started by building a lab in my apartment (worms!) and later joined one at UCSF. Meanwhile, models were making advances in the virtual world, but in the lab — they fell short. We started C5R to fix this. See more below!
C5R CORP
@c5rcorpSep 24
In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI. AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. We’re introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI’s ability to do real-world scientific research.
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It's been a joy to help bring together a wonderful group of friends as we build this new company over the last five months. There are many people who’ve supported along the way, I owe you all my thanks. If you're excited about what we're building, send me a note!
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Ryan Orbuch
@orbuchSep 17
I wrote an essay about why the next frontier for AI is the world outside the data center Nature is a system more complex than anything we've ever created AI can learn how the system fits together, so we can finally understand how to shape it How? naturalgeneralintelligence.a…

Natural General Intelligence

The case for a nature model that learns the state and dynamics of the planet itself

naturalgeneralintelligence.ai
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ben hylak
@benhylakSep 17
Today, we are announcing our Series A and a new product: @raindrop_ai Simulations. We've now raised $50m from @CRV and @lightspeedvp to protect the world from agent failures, big and small.
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Sashank
@sthupukariSep 8
Introducing @indent, one coworker for your whole company Indent is a single agent that is built to work with every member of your team, simultaneously. Instead of every one setting up their own agents, use Indent to build one together. Try it at indent.com
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JC B
@jc_btaicheAug 12
0/ Today @FuseEnergyTech announced FAETON-X hit 1.27×10¹² neutrons in a single shot — the highest yield ever reported by a commercial fusion company, and in a range previously seen only at national labs. Proud to be pushing the frontier alongside the US national lab community. 🧵 0/4
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ben hylak
@benhylakAug 11
introducing rd-signal-2: a frontier classification model that is 1600x cheaper than GPT 5.6 Sol. free to try in @raindrop_ai, and available via a new API for training/hosting custom classifiers with Zero Data Retention.
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announcing @ambrook's $30M series B, led by lachy groom. instead of a fundraising video, we typed up a letter - if you're curious, give us your address (link in thread) and we'll send you some snail mail. like our customers already know, some good things take time.
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Convoke@ConvokebioJul 23
We weren’t happy with the existing drug pipeline and catalyst databases, so we built a new one designed to be easy for both humans and LLMs to use. We’re making it freely available today as a community resource. The sign-up link and blog post are in the thread below.
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Aleph
@alephneuroJul 7
We used ultrasound to let you talk without making any sound. After just a month of collecting data, our model is already approaching existing silent speech modalities. We were surprised to find that it generalizes to unseen participants as well! (1/n) xitter.cf/vadi_ms/status/2074565…
Vadims@vadi_msJul 7
This is me talking to my computer without making a sound. After just a month of collecting data, our model is already approaching dictation in accuracy. We were surprised to see that it generalizes to unseen participants as well! (1/n)
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For those who thought ultrasound couldn’t go through bone, excited to share @alephneuro!
Aleph
@alephneuroJun 25
We recently obtained the highest-resolution 3D images of the human brain ever taken from outside the skull. This is the first look. Introducing Aleph, a research lab building brain interfaces for the telepathic future. (1/n)
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