Breakthroughs, decades early.

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We help scientists and deep tech startups accelerate their research with AI.

Supported by
Supported by

10‑week fellowship to accelerate your research with AI.

  1. Set a goal

    One concrete result to move this week.

  2. Learn from the frontier

    Talks from researchers at AI labs and science-AI companies.

  3. Build with our support

    A skills library you keep, partner perks and 1:1s with us.

  4. Demo at office hours

    YC-style group office hours with the other fellows.

Dates
March to May 2027Application deadline: January 24, 2027.
Format
10 weeks onlineKickoff and Demo Day: 2 days each in SF.
IP
You keep your IPYour research and work stay yours.
Program fee
No fee. No equity.A public good for science, thanks to our supporters.

Cohort 1 outcomes

Discovered new pathways to produce rare nuclear isotopes (2 preprints published) with strong cancer therapy potential.

Two isotope-production pathways and the corresponding preprints, presented by Jason Parisi.

Used agentic swarm to fix public neuroscience simulation software and increased neural simulations from 12 weekly to 100s per week.

Episteme used an agentic swarm to fix public neuroscience simulation software and scale weekly neural simulations from 12 to hundreds, prototype ideas in a day, and find a two-year-old bug.

Discovered novel mRNA treatment to reverse aging in human lungs, then invested >$100k in this new candidate.

The mRNA Candidate Explorer and the resulting mRNA order and lung experiment setup.

Discovered new material to prevent reactor shutdowns and improve reaction yield.

Dan Bullard presents calcium hexaluminate as a candidate reactor material identified with Claude.

Cut pharma drug analysis and processing time from 25 minutes to 25 seconds.

Oleg Yerov demonstrates the reduction from 25 minutes to 25 seconds.

Designed an injectable robot-swarm, using AI & simulation in 3 weeks, to treat gastroparesis.

Kathy Liu presents her robotic swarm library, virtual lab, and simulated injectable electrode.
All outcomes

Testimonials

“The amount that I have grown, and that Marathon has grown, over this program is incredible. I don’t think there are many people who could have done what you two have done.”

Jason Parisi Chief Science Officer, Marathon Fusion

“You removed the roadblocks that were preventing me from moving forward faster. I feel unleashed. CFD modeling, a digital twin. I can start building these things.”

Dan Bullard Co-founder and CTO, Radify Metals

“I appreciated the structure and accountability of presenting in front of peers and working with the Reactorfield team. I surprised myself with what I’m able to do and what the technology makes possible.”

Vera Mucaj Entrepreneur in Residence, Mayo Clinic
All testimonials

AI is here to make scientific breakthroughs decades early.

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