Lila Sciences cofounder Ben Kompa named to MIT Tech Review's Innovators Under 35 for scientific superintelligence push
AndrewLBeam · x · 2026-09-09
Ben Kompa, cofounder of Lila Sciences, was named to MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 list. The company is building 'scientific superintelligence': going full stack from post-training language models to running automated labs for scaled, real-world verification of AI-generated hypotheses. Nominator Andrew Beam highlighted Kompa's Harvard PhD, 2x national bridge championships, and sub-2:45 marathon.
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