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A mission control for frontier technology. To learn more about FROs, visit convergentresearch.org.

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The first-ever Lean in Munich meetup happened this week! πŸŽ₯ Watch Sebastian Ullrich's full talk on Lean's foundations, software verification, and AI: youtube.com/watch?v=2Dr2149l_9Y

#leanlang #leanprover #formalverification #mathematics

26.02.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're busy here at EvE Bio generating drug-target interaction data for GPCR, NR, and kinase targets. Meanwhile, we're expanding our compounds and we want your input! Our current library has 1,300 approved small molecule and peptide drugs. The next will include 6 categories: 🧡

25.02.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today, we are launching a Β£50m programme – Massively Scalable Neurotechnologies – to decouple advanced brain therapies from complex surgery.

24.02.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CSLib just launched β€” an open-source effort to formalize computer science in Lean, inspired by Mathlib. CS researchers, practitioners & enthusiasts are invited to get involved!

Learn more at:
🌐 cslib.io
🀝 Contribute: github.com/leanprover/c...

#LeanLang #LeanProver #CSLib #FormalVerification

22.02.2026 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our Responses to the NSF Tech Labs RFI Metascience, AI, biotech, and more

If you're curious about our submission (alongside many fantastic partners!) to the NSF Tech Labs RFI, we've just posted our responses to our blog, Essential Technology: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/our-respon...

23.02.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lean 4.28.0 is out! New symbolic simulation framework for πšπš›πš’πš—πš, user-defined πšπš›πš’πš—πš attributes for custom tactics, a new πšœπš˜πš•πšŸπšŽπš›π™Όπš˜πšπšŽ in πš‹πšŸ_πšπšŽπšŒπš’πšπšŽ for proof vs. counterexample search, and lean4checker available out of the box.

lean-lang.org/doc/referenc...

#LeanLang #LeanProver #ProofAssistant

19.02.2026 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The evolution of CHI-FRO Three principles from an engineering-heavy partnership to build out tools for probabilistic programming

We've just added a new FRO to our website!

In this Essential Technology piece, we share three three principles from CHI-FRO, an engineering-heavy partnership to build out tools for probabilistic programming:

www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-evolut...

18.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Terence Tao on how math is changing, #formalverification as the enabler of scaled human-AI collaboration:

"The reason why scaling and AI and broad participation actually is a net win is because we have formal verification."

πŸ“Ί www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuTx...

#leanlang #leanprover

11.02.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A special opportunity for lovers of mass spectrometry proteomics to join a like-minded team at PTI.

Join a collaborative initiative to enable direct protein analysis at unprecedented scale, in partnership with leading instrument developers, academics, and industry leaders.

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04.02.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So you sequenced a billion+ bases. That don’t impress me much.

JERBOA is a toolkit to figure out what genes do at scale. We've used it to unlock 43 non-model microbes across 12 different phyla.

03.02.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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We’re testing conceptual hypotheses, dissecting disease progression, proteostasis, protein degradation, PTMs, and aggregation, all with focus on creative, rigorous data interpretation.

If you want to do science that changes how we think, this is it. πŸ‘‡

jobs.lever.co/convergentre...

02.02.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”₯ We’re hiring! A rare opportunity to rethink neurodegeneration:
🟦 Develop creative, rigorous approaches to data interpretation toward mechanistic insights.

Join our team at PTI to study neurodegenerative disease using direct protein analysis at single-cell resolution.

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02.02.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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From quantum computing to mRNA therapeutics: seven technologies to watch in 2026 Nature’s round-up of innovations that are poised to make a splash in the year ahead.

Light-microscopy brain mapping was picked as one of 7 technologies to watch in 2026 by Nature!

Hear from E11's CEO @andrewcpayne.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

29.01.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Announcing Merge Labs A neurotech FRO takes root

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.

www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/announcing...

15.01.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Convergent Research: A mission control for frontier technology
YouTube video by Convergent Research Convergent Research: A mission control for frontier technology

The focussed research organizations enabled by @convergentresearch.bsky.social are driving forward an ambitious agenda !

youtu.be/L5W-lV1K_xQ?...

06.01.2026 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As metascience advances, we could see unprecedented collaboration between disciplines, accelerating innovation. Imagine a world where scientific breakthroughs happen at lightning speed! #futurism

24.12.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy holidays - from our team to you and yours.

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23.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We hope it is a useful artifact for understanding our work, and a helpful preview for what's to come. This year has been a big one, and next year will be even more so. We're so excited about what's to come, and grateful for everyone who's joined us along the way.

23.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Convergent Research: A mission control for frontier technology
YouTube video by Convergent Research Convergent Research: A mission control for frontier technology

And while we were all in one place, we took a few hours to pull some members of the team aside, to ask them some questions about what we're working on, and why. Here’s the video we made about Convergent.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5W-...

23.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Over a few cold, bright, autumnal days in Falmouth, we shared breakthroughs & challenges, identified opportunities for collaboration, and reconnected amidst the day-to-day busy-ness of pursuing our mission.

23.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And this October, like we do every year, we brought our Focused Research Organization leaders, team members, and supporters together for FROCon.

23.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Resources Listing Page A mission control for frontier technology

All year, our existing Focused Research Organizations (we've launched almost a dozen) have been sharing the fruits of their labor, and we're hard at work on many more new FROs in the pipeline.

www.convergentresearch.org/resources/fro

23.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the UK FRO Founder Residency with ARIA a big step forward in how we source and incubate new FRO projects

The week before, we joined teams from our UK FRO Founder Residency (powered by @aria-research.bsky.social) in London as they presented the proposals they've been working on since June.

www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...

23.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Future of Focused Research Organizations: Working with Convergent on the NSF Tech Labs Initiative

It's been an incredibly exciting year in metascience at large, and for us at Convergent.

Last week, the NSF announced their Tech Labs Initiative.

www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...

23.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Convergent Research: A mission control for frontier technology
YouTube video by Convergent Research Convergent Research: A mission control for frontier technology

A mission control for frontier technology

An ambitious perspective on technological innovation and scaling by @convergentresearch.bsky.social

youtu.be/L5W-lV1K_xQ?...

23.12.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Future of Focused Research Organizations: Working with Convergent on the NSF Tech Labs Initiative

If you're interested in potentially partnering with Convergent, check out this blog for more information about how to reach out: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...

18.12.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NSF to Issue Large, β€˜Flexible’ Grants to Nontraditional Teams The initiative aims to build β€œnovel platform technologies” akin to the internet or polymerase chain reaction.

The agency will select two to four teams per topic for an initial nine-month phase and then choose one to two teams per topic to execute their proposals, said Rebecca Chmiel, associate program director for emerging technologies.

www.aip.org/fyi/nsf-to-i...

18.12.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NSF to Issue Large, β€˜Flexible’ Grants to Nontraditional Teams The initiative aims to build β€œnovel platform technologies” akin to the internet or polymerase chain reaction.

NSF said it will select around three topic areas β€œin which the U.S. must retain or regain technical dominance,” possibly including quantum technology, AI, critical materials, semiconductor manufacturing, and biotechnology.

www.aip.org/fyi/nsf-to-i...

18.12.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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happy wednesday from new orleans! here's some @convergentresearch.bsky.social Essential Technology art that doesn't hit the feed (only the frontispiece gets shared here) - first from our most recent piece on the @NSF's new Tech Labs Initiative

www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/the-future...

17.12.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Year in Review: 2025 Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Milestones β€” [C]Worthy A look back at the major milestones that defined mCDR in 2025β€”from first verified ocean-based carbon dioxide removal credits to new permits, protocols, and growing policy momentum.

2025 was a turning point for mCDR. Across OAE and DOC, the field moved from promise to proof: pilots advanced, first verified credits were delivered, and new standards, permits, and infrastructure took shape. We recap some of the year’s key industry milestones here: www.cworthy.org/blog/year-in...

16.12.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0