Lossfunk expands beyond AI research, launches Sabbatical program as lab turns two
paraschopra · x · 2026-09-07
On Lossfunk's second anniversary, founder Paras Chopra announced a major pivot: with AI increasingly automating execution, the lab believes the scarce human contribution is choosing and framing important problems. Lossfunk is expanding beyond AI research to under-defined problems like consciousness, reality, and the future of humanity.
Key changes:
- Broader scope: targeting out-of-distribution problems that academia, industry, and VCs won't fund
- New Sabbatical program for highly experienced people tackling high-leverage problems
- Raised the hiring bar for researchers, paused internships, restarted the residency program
- Rethinking outputs beyond publications, experimenting with what future labs could look like
Chopra previously sold Wingify and self-funds Lossfunk, enabling it to back problems traditional committees would pass on.
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