C5R builds an AI-run research facility in 12 weeks, launches SciUniverse benchmark

akilian · x · 2026-09-25

C5R says it built a research facility run entirely by AI in 12 weeks, with AI designing, executing, and observing experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science. The company also introduced SciUniverse, a benchmark measuring AI's ability to do real-world scientific research. A visitor describes one model controlling everything — equipment, researchers, and inventory — all via prompting.

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