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Autoscience

Autonomous AI research lab whose agents run experiments end-to-end.

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Science
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PAID
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Cloud
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Web
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Self-contained (on-device)
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Jun 14, 2026

Autoscience is an applied research lab building a virtual laboratory of autonomous AI scientists that generate hypotheses, design and run machine-learning experiments, and write up the results. Its agent Carl authored a full-length paper that passed double-blind peer review with only minor human edits. The San Mateo company raised a $14M seed round in March 2026 led by General Catalyst.

Capabilities 3

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Literature review (secondary capability)
  • Long-form writing (secondary capability)
  • Autonomous research (primary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Full experiment loop, not just ideation
  • Generates and tests its own hypotheses
  • Backed by General Catalyst-led seed
  • Early-stage; no public self-serve product
  • Scope so far is ML research papers
  • Autonomy at scale still unproven

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