Laude Apps

Computer scientists stand at a hinge moment. Engineered intelligence is no longer theoretical. Research breakthroughs are reshaping every aspect of human society. If we choose our targets carefully, our industry has an opportunity to move all of humanity forward.

Built by and for impact researchers, Laude Institute operates at the intersection of academia and industry to catalyze research that reaches people's hands. We convene, resource, and amplify computer scientists that ship their research and impact the lives of billions.

// Resources

We give the right resources to the right researchers at the right time.

Slingshots

Fast, low-friction grants and hands-on support to computer scientists turning new research into startups or open source infrastructure.

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Moonshots

Seed funding and multi-year labs to proven academic researchers using AI to take on species-level challenges.

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// Projects + Collaborations

We work with researchers to accelerate their impact. Here are a few early projects we helped ship.

Shaping AI's Impact on Billions of Lives
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Andy Konwinski, Jeff Dean, Finale Doshi-Velez, John Hennessy, Sanmi Koyejo, Pelonomi Motloa, Emma Pierson, David Patterson
A Benchmark for Terminal-Based AI Agents
Mike Merrill, Alex Shaw, Nicholas Carlini, Jeffrey Li, Chris Rytting, Junhong Shen, Harsh Raj, Lin Shi, Vedang Sharma, Jianbo Wu, Jan-Lucas Uslu, Ahson Saiyed, Tushar Aggarwal, Niklas Muennighoff, Walker Hughes, Ryan Marten, Justin Fiedler, Arinbjörn Kolbeinsson, Jenia Jitsev, Marianna Nezhurina, Andy Konwinski, Ludwig Schmidt
$1M for the AI that can close 90% of Github issues
Chris Rytting, Justin Fiedler, Alex Shaw, Andy Konwinski, John Yang, Carlos E. Jimenez
// Team Laude
Built by and for technologists committed to turning research into real-world impact.