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convergent research: sources

every source cited in the convergent research history, with its date and type.

Original source occurrences

  1. aip fyi on tech labs mechanics · aip.org · 2025-12-18 (day) · original ID: src-ci-aip-techlabs · Other public citations of this URL

    aip fyi on tech labs mechanics; watney x-labs link

  2. eden stiffman · associated press · 2023-07-11 (day) · original ID: src-ci-ap-chronicle · Other public citations of this URL

    eden stiffman; billionaire-science skepticism; names convergent

  3. e11 bio profile · asimov.press · 2025-02-09 (day) · original ID: src-ci-asimov-barcoding · Other public citations of this URL

    e11 bio profile; $100m/5yr mouse connectome claim

  4. cultivarium profile · asimov.press · 2024-07-10 (day) · original ID: src-ci-asimov-cultivarium · Other public citations of this URL

    cultivarium profile; 106/14,000+ atcc organisms

  5. cultivariums custom electroporator · asimov.press · 2024 (year) · original ID: src-ci-asimov-electroporation · Other public citations of this URL

    cultivarium's custom electroporator

  6. schmidt-funded study of early-stage science funding incl · nadia.xyz · 2023-01-23 (day) · original ID: src-ci-asparouhova · Other public citations of this URL

    schmidt-funded study of early-stage science funding incl. fros

  7. seemay chou · astera institute · 2025 (year) · original ID: src-ci-astera-bottlenecks · Other public citations of this URL

    seemay chou; astera funded "first fro" rejuvenome

  8. jolie gan · asteriskmag.com · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-ci-asterisk-slowboring · Other public citations of this URL

    jolie gan; fros amid federal funding collapse

  9. collison & nielsen, science is getting less bang for its buck · theatlantic.com · 2018-11-09 (day) · original ID: src-ci-atlantic-bang · Other public citations of this URL

    collison & nielsen, "science is getting less bang for its buck"

  10. collison & cowen, we need a new science of progress · theatlantic.com · 2019-07-30 (day) · original ID: src-ci-atlantic-progress · Other public citations of this URL

    collison & cowen, "we need a new science of progress"

  11. prism paper · doi.org · 2025-09-26 (day) · original ID: src-ci-biorxiv-prism · Other public citations of this URL

    prism paper; >750× label diversity; 8× tracing accuracy; cc-by-nc

  12. convergent has secured funding from 30-plus individuals/organizations · biotechgrid.com · 2025-05-15 (day) · original ID: src-ci-biotechgrid-imprint · Other public citations of this URL

    "convergent has secured funding from 30-plus individuals/organizations"

  13. create variation evaluation argument · goodscienceproject.org · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-buck-advice · Other public citations of this URL

    "create variation" evaluation argument

  14. stuart buck: fro fundraising bottleneck · good science · 2024 (year) · original ID: src-ci-buck-bbn · Other public citations of this URL

    stuart buck: fro fundraising bottleneck; bbn complement

  15. buck on nsf tip tech labs just today — institutional diversity · good science · 2025-12-12 (day) · original ID: src-ci-buck-innovations · Other public citations of this URL

    buck on nsf tip tech labs "just today" — institutional diversity

  16. critique: alternative funders reproduce credentialing barriers · good science · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-buck-slowcancel · Other public citations of this URL

    critique: alternative funders reproduce credentialing barriers

  17. $70m astera×buck rejuvenome · buckinstitute.org · 2021-10-13 (day) · original ID: src-ci-buckinstitute-rejuvenome · Other public citations of this URL

    $70m astera×buck rejuvenome; proto-fro

  18. forest neurotech × butterfly $20m deal · businesswire.com · 2023-10-24 (day) · original ID: src-ci-butterfly-forest · Other public citations of this URL

    forest neurotech × butterfly $20m deal; fro description

  19. chi-fro at convergent 2023–2025 → transitioned to probabilistic computing foundation · essentialtechnology.blog · 2026-02 (month) · original ID: src-ci-chifro-evolution · Other public citations of this URL

    chi-fro at convergent 2023–2025 → transitioned to probabilistic computing foundation

  20. clancy: fros most interesting new development · matt clancy · 2022-12 (month) · original ID: src-ci-clancy-dec22 · Other public citations of this URL

    clancy: fros "most interesting new development"; corporate-lab analogy

  21. frost uk / activation partner announcement · convergentresearch.org · 2025-10-09 (day) · original ID: src-ci-convergent-aria · Other public citations of this URL

    frost uk / activation partner announcement

  22. ashlee vance interviews payne at prism launch · corememory.com · 2025-10-01 (day) · original ID: src-ci-corememory-payne · Other public citations of this URL

    ashlee vance interviews payne at prism launch

  23. cultivarium×atcc igem collab · prnewswire · 2024-04-02 (day) · original ID: src-ci-cultivarium-atcc · Other public citations of this URL

    cultivarium×atcc igem collab; fro descriptor

  24. rodriques & marblestone, day one project/fas · fas.org · 2020-09-24 (day) · original ID: src-ci-dayone-memo · Other public citations of this URL

    rodriques & marblestone, day one project/fas

  25. full prism release · e11.bio · 2025-10-01 (day) · original ID: src-ci-e11-prism-blog · Other public citations of this URL

    full prism release; licensing terms

  26. current fro roster (10 us + 2 uk) · convergent-theta.vercel.app · 2026-09 (month) · original ID: src-ci-ecosystem · Other public citations of this URL

    current fro roster (10 us + 2 uk)

  27. essential technology launch · convergentresearch.org · 2025-02-07 (day) · original ID: src-ci-et-launch · Other public citations of this URL

    essential technology blog launch

  28. eve bio est · evebio.org · 2026-09 (month) · original ID: src-ci-evebio-about · Other public citations of this URL

    eve bio est. 2023; funders list; first data release

  29. fas explainer · fas.org · 2023-06-15 (day) · original ID: src-ci-fas-model · Other public citations of this URL

    fas explainer; portfolio snapshot mid-2023

  30. correa interviews marblestone & rodriques · fas.org · 2025-12-12 (day) · original ID: src-ci-fas-techlabs · Other public citations of this URL

    correa interviews marblestone & rodriques; "30+ philanthropic organizations" fund fros

  31. foresight existential hope — marblestone · existentialhope.com · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-foresight-podcast · Other public citations of this URL

    foresight existential hope — marblestone

  32. fast grants origin story · fortune · 2023-07-18 (day) · original ID: src-ci-fortune-fastgrants · Other public citations of this URL

    fast grants origin story; meta-science funding scene

  33. marblestone interview · frameshifts.bio · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-ci-frameshifts · Other public citations of this URL

    marblestone interview; gap map; "intellectual dark matter"

  34. gap map v1 · essentialtechnology.blog · 2025-04-15 (day) · original ID: src-ci-gapmap · Other public citations of this URL

    gap map v1.0 launch

  35. house gop inquiry into schmidt/ostp ties · oversight.house.gov · 2022-04-26 (day) · original ID: src-ci-house-oversight · Other public citations of this URL

    house gop inquiry into schmidt/ostp ties

  36. proposed federal comparative brain connectome initiative as fro · ifp.org · 2026 (year) · original ID: src-ci-ifp-marblestone-payne · Other public citations of this URL

    proposed federal comparative brain connectome initiative as fro

  37. imprint $15m launch · globenewswire.com · 2025-05-15 (day) · original ID: src-ci-imprint-launch · Other public citations of this URL

    imprint $15m launch; forensic immunology

  38. lean fro launch + funders (simons, sloan, merkin, founders pledge) · wayback machine · 2023-07-25 (day) · original ID: src-ci-leanfro · Other public citations of this URL

    lean fro launch + funders (simons, sloan, merkin, founders pledge)

  39. convergent linkedin — dragonfly nature paper + fro framing · linkedin · 2026-06-15 (day) · original ID: src-ci-linkedin-dragonfly · Other public citations of this URL

    convergent linkedin — dragonfly nature paper + fro framing

  40. marblestones launch-day media index · longitudinal.blog · 2021-10-18 (day) · original ID: src-ci-longitudinal · Other public citations of this URL

    marblestone's launch-day media index

  41. counter-frame to funding-structure reform · experimental-history.com · 2023-04-11 (day) · original ID: src-ci-mastroianni-stronglink · Other public citations of this URL

    counter-frame to funding-structure reform

  42. technical caveats on prism coverage (49% labeling) · neurobiology · 2025-10 (month) · original ID: src-ci-mckenzie-prism · Other public citations of this URL

    technical caveats on prism coverage (49% labeling)

  43. melody fro public launch · anand muthusamy · 2026-09-07 (day) · original ID: src-ci-melody-fro · Other public citations of this URL

    melody fro public launch; convergent incubation history

  44. skeptical critique of metascience field · kevin munger · 2025 (year) · original ID: src-ci-munger · Other public citations of this URL

    skeptical critique of metascience field

  45. nature feature on aria (the agency adopting fros) · nature.com · 2024-09-18 (day) · original ID: src-ci-nature-aria · Other public citations of this URL

    nature feature on aria (the agency adopting fros)

  46. e11 prism release · newswise.com · 2025-10-01 (day) · original ID: src-ci-newswise-prism · Other public citations of this URL

    e11 prism release; payne quotes; 100× cost path claim

  47. nielsen & qiu metascience framework · scienceplusplus.org · 2022 (year) · original ID: src-ci-nielsen-qiu · Other public citations of this URL

    nielsen & qiu metascience framework; "intellectual dark matter"

  48. genealogy of new science orgs · nintil.com · 2022 (year) · original ID: src-ci-nintil-evidence · Other public citations of this URL

    genealogy of new science orgs; fro traced to whitepaper

  49. ricón+marblestone workshop · nintil.com · 2021 (year) · original ID: src-ci-nintil-workshop · Other public citations of this URL

    ricón+marblestone workshop; fros as "mini manhattan projects"

  50. confirms $50m → pti and eve bio · news.northeastern.edu · 2023-08-07 (day) · original ID: src-ci-northeastern-50m · Other public citations of this URL

    confirms $50m → pti and eve bio

  51. nsf tip tech labs rfi · nsf.gov · 2025-12-12 (day) · original ID: src-ci-nsf-techlabs · Other public citations of this URL

    nsf tip tech labs rfi; up to $1b; $10–50m/yr awards

  52. schmidt futures salaries at ostp · politico.com · 2022-03-28 (day) · original ID: src-ci-politico-ostp · Other public citations of this URL

    schmidt futures salaries at ostp; ethics flags

  53. meridial (£14m) + echo labs launch · prnewswire · 2026-04-21 (day) · original ID: src-ci-prnewswire-uk-fros · Other public citations of this URL

    meridial (£14m) + echo labs launch

  54. reinhardt on gilliams bbn piece · blog.spec.tech · 2024 (year) · original ID: src-ci-reinhardt-bbn · Other public citations of this URL

    reinhardt on gilliam's bbn piece; fro coverage gap

  55. funders as implicit research managers · blog.spec.tech · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-reinhardt-bottling · Other public citations of this URL

    funders as implicit research managers; marblestone quote on fro idea-generation

  56. systems research framing vs fro categorization · blog.spec.tech · undated (unknown) · original ID: src-ci-reinhardt-systems · Other public citations of this URL

    "systems research" framing vs fro categorization

  57. insider self-critique · sam-rodriques.com · 2023-06-14 (day) · original ID: src-ci-rodriques-learnings · Other public citations of this URL

    insider self-critique; sunset doctrine revised

  58. gamick at metascience 2025 (jul 2) · researchprofessionalnews.com · 2025-07-03 (day) · original ID: src-ci-rpn-aria · Other public citations of this URL

    gamick at metascience 2025 (jul 2); aria fro plan; £10–14m/fro

  59. rpn: transformational moment framing · researchprofessionalnews.com · 2025-12 (month) · original ID: src-ci-rpn-techlabs · Other public citations of this URL

    rpn: "transformational moment" framing

  60. $50m commitment (pti + eve bio) · schmidtfutures.org · 2023-03-15 (day) · original ID: src-ci-schmidt-50m · Other public citations of this URL

    $50m commitment (pti + eve bio)

  61. science news on mothra nature paper · science.org · 2026-06 (month) · original ID: src-ci-science-mothra · Other public citations of this URL

    science news on mothra nature paper; gerko/xtx funding

  62. schmidt futures network launch · philanthropynewsdigest.org · 2021-10-16 (day) · original ID: src-ci-sfn-pnd · Other public citations of this URL

    schmidt futures network launch; convergent first initiative (date per wikipedia citation)

  63. tbi + entrepreneurs network + convergent · assets.ctfassets.net · 2022-08-04 (day) · original ID: src-ci-tbi-new-model · Other public citations of this URL

    tbi + entrepreneurs network + convergent; seeded uk adoption

  64. companion landing page for the tbi report · tenentrepreneurs.org · 2022-08-04 (day) · original ID: src-ci-ten-newmodel · Other public citations of this URL

    companion landing page for the tbi report

  65. kalil on fro origin (rodriques + marblestone) · tytonpartners.com · 2022 (year) · original ID: src-ci-tyton-kalil · Other public citations of this URL

    kalil on fro origin (rodriques + marblestone)

  66. verge recap of politico findings · the verge · 2022-03-28 (day) · original ID: src-ci-verge-ostp · Other public citations of this URL

    verge recap of politico findings

  67. vox recode analysis of schmidt influence · vox · 2022-03 (month) · original ID: src-ci-vox-ostp · Other public citations of this URL

    vox recode analysis of schmidt influence

  68. institutional lineage essay · worksinprogress.co · 2025-09-18 (day) · original ID: src-ci-wip-outsiders · Other public citations of this URL

    institutional lineage essay; tbi report cited

  69. wsj: one of the most significant experiments in science funding in decades (via archive · archive.is · 2025-12-12 (day) · original ID: src-ci-wsj-techlabs · Other public citations of this URL

    wsj: "one of the most significant experiments in science funding in decades" (via archive.is)

  70. mothra/dragonfly fro telescope · news.yale.edu · 2026-03-11 (day) · original ID: src-ci-yale-mothra · Other public citations of this URL

    mothra/dragonfly fro telescope

  71. recommends fro agreements for ai-enabled science · whitehouse.gov · 2025-07-23 (day) · original ID: src-hp-ai-action-plan · Other public citations of this URL

    recommends fro agreements for ai-enabled science

  72. $18m xtx fund · renaissancephilanthropy.org · 2025 (year) · original ID: src-hp-ai-for-math-fund · Other public citations of this URL

    $18m xtx fund; gerko $5m→lean fro, $5m→mathlib

  73. aria activation partners announcement incl · aria research · 2024-10-09 (day) · original ID: src-hp-aria-activation · Other public citations of this URL

    aria activation partners announcement incl. convergent

  74. residency → 2 teams anchor-funded, 2026 launches · aria.org.uk · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-aria-partners-page · Other public citations of this URL

    residency → 2 teams anchor-funded, 2026 launches

  75. astera fro program page incl · wayback machine · 2023-02-04 (day) · original ID: src-hp-astera-fros · Other public citations of this URL

    astera fro program page incl. rejuvenome + parpa

  76. launch coverage · axios · 2024-05-06 (day) · original ID: src-hp-axios-renaissance · Other public citations of this URL

    launch coverage

  77. independent uk fro · bindresearch.org · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-bind · Other public citations of this URL

    independent uk fro

  78. board bio · convergentresearch.org · 2026-09-16 (day) · original ID: src-hp-blewett-bio · Other public citations of this URL

    board bio

  79. e11 roadmap coverage · bloomberg · 2024-12-03 (day) · original ID: src-hp-bloomberg-e11 · Other public citations of this URL

    e11 roadmap coverage

  80. compiled marblestone quotes w/ source links · antoinebuteau.com · 2025 (year) · original ID: src-hp-buteau-marblestone · Other public citations of this URL

    compiled marblestone quotes w/ source links

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