Laude Institute launches Slingshots FOUR: 14 projects across 8 top institutions
a1zhang · x · 2026-10-21
Laude Institute introduced the Slingshots // FOUR batch: 14 projects across eight top institutions, covering self-improving agent systems and harnesses, maximally-open models and training data, applications for research and decision-making, plus kernels and more.
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