AI for Science Summit in SF

Come join for this 125+ person summit bringing together scientists, lab automation engineers, developers, researchers, and science partners to discuss the latest of what's possible.

We've hosted a series of AI for Science Hacks (most recent), and we've found a big gap for hands on, practical talks to share best practices.

Software, hardware, and workflows are changing too quickly to not share the latest with the community.

This summit is split into two days:

Explore (Day 1): 20+ talks from leading founders, labs, and teams on the latest with time to connect with others. Build (Day 2): A series of tracks for people to get hands on experience with software and hardware.

We'll also be sharing all of the videos online on YouTube after. We believe in opening up the insights for the latest to accelerate science for everyone.

Speakers

Daniil, Co-founder + CEO @ Onepot AI, is building AI-powered molecule synthesis to make drug discovery 2x faster. He'll speak on how LLM agents are transforming wet lab chemistry. They've raised $13M with participation from Khosla and Google's Jeff Dean (more here)Sasha is Principal Product Manager @ Genentech Principal Product Manager for Automation, Data and Solutions Engineering @ Genentech, building software to make lab automation workflows more flexible, efficient, and delightful for scientists. Stanford PhD in Bioengineering (NSF Fellow) with deep hands-on experience across liquid handlers, robotic workcells, and NGS diagnostics. Michael, Co-founder & CEO @ Olden Labs, is building the world's first automated animal research lab using AI smart cages to generate continuous, objective phenomics data that's replacing 8-month manual mouse studies with a single plug-in device. He'll speak on how lab automation is closing the 10,000x data gap between molecular biology and whole-organism research. Hundreds of scientists across 5 continents are already running studies on Smart Lids.Kelli, Group Leader for Computational Physics @ Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, leads the ICF Cognitive Simulation team using AI to predict nuclear fusion experiment outcomes before they run. Her work was recently published in Science Magazine, demonstrating how machine learning can forecast fusion ignition success with clear error bars—a breakthrough in "cognitive simulation" for complex scientific systems (Paper here). Brontë is Co-Founder @ Zeon Systems (YC X25) | Forbes 30 Under 30. Building a system where scientists write protocols in plain English and robots execute them in real-time. UC Berkeley Engineering with deep experience across robotics perception, world models, and motion planning. Piloting at Stanford and UCSF.Hongquan, Co-Founder + CEO @ Cephla, is leading a team building a new generation of open and more scalable bespoke microscopes to turbocharge large scale data production and help accelerate the development and adoption of new imaging-based technologies. Despite being a young startup, the Stanford spinout already has 100+ systems in leading academic labs, exciting startups and top pharma. They're also working towards helping bring AI powered diagnostics to all, starting with malaria (more here). Cristian, Co-founder + CEO @ Tetsuwan, is working on solving the process by which we transfer experiments from the bench to automation, to enable scientists to transfer their experiments to a lab in the cloud. TechCrunch feature here.Luis Villa, Staff Automation Engineer @ Cellares, is building automated cell therapy manufacturing systems that scale life-saving treatments. He's also an organizer of the Bay Area Lab Automators community. With 12+ years in lab automation (including nearly a decade at Natera) and a UC Berkeley molecular biology background, he brings deep expertise in process development, modular frameworks, and low-level systems programming.More TBA. Open call here for speakers.

Build workshops

​Opentrons Robotics, a business unit of Opentrons Labworks, Inc., is the industry leader in flexible, user-friendly automation for life science labs. Our open-source ecosystem offers the scientific community the tools they need to automate experiments, share protocols and reproduce each other's results.More info coming. We'll have a mix of software and hardware partners for you to explore the latest AI tools. Reach out if you want to host a build workshop.

Partners

Build Partners

​Opentrons Robotics, a business unit of Opentrons Labworks, Inc., is the industry leader in flexible, user-friendly automation for life science labs. Our open-source ecosystem offers the scientific community the tools they need to automate experiments, share protocols and reproduce each other's results.

Community Partners

​Bay area lab automators is a community of scientists, engineers, and tinkerers working at the intersection of hardware, software, and lab innovation.​​SF Hardware Meetup, community of 10,000+ hardware professionals meeting monthly to building meaningful connections​Worldwide Studios hosts summits, hacks, and workshops to help engineers, scientists, and professionals build with the latest in AI, hardware, and applied sciences.

FAQ

Who is this for?Scientists, lab automation engineers, developers, researchers, and science partners looking to hear the latest in what's possible.Where should I stay if I'm visting? This summit will be hosted downtown SF. Exact address to be confirmed. We recommend staying downtown by Embarcadero or near Union Sq. north of Market St. Will talks be recorded?All talks will be uploaded after the event to YouTube. One reason we're doing this is to open up more best practices to help accelerate science for everyone.What's the refund policy?Full refunds are available up to May 1st. After that, tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Want to sponsor or support a build workshop? Reach out to michael (at) raspuzzi (dot) com