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Thesis

We are an AI research lab automating AI research. Our aim is to build a hill-climbing machine capable of solving humanity's greatest challenges in science and engineering, uncovering the next AlphaFold or Transformer faster, more systematically, and at scale. We treat discovery not as a matter of luck, but as a combinatorial search problem. Thesis will be the machine behind the defining breakthroughs of the next decade.

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Y Combinator
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2026-07-15
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Y Combinator

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We are an AI research lab automating AI research. Our aim is to build a hill-climbing machine capable of solving humanity's greatest challenges in science and engineering, uncovering the next AlphaFold or Transformer faster, more systematically, and at scale. We treat discovery not as a matter of luck, but as a combinatorial search problem. Thesis will be the machine behind the defining breakthroughs of the next decade.

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Thesis is classified as AI infrastructure from source descriptions and fund-directory context. Similar companies below are ranked from offline product facets and meaningful description overlap; category and source affiliation can only strengthen an existing product match. For lookup-created rows, the profile starts as pending enrichment until deeper source collection runs.

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science and engineeringAlphaFold or Transformerhill-climbing machineAI researchThesishumanity
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Companies similar to Thesis

AI infrastructure · 6 peers

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Vorticity

match 64

Many pressing problems facing humanity can be solved with faster scientific compute. Currently, it takes billions of dollars to design and develop a new fusion reactor, a hyper-sonic airplane or a new cancer treatment. This is because scientists and engineers have to build very expensive things before they even know if their ideas work. But what if we can simulate the workings of these ideas (and more) on computers first and have high confidence that it works before we build really expensive thi

shared extracted concepts: humanity; shared product terms: solv, humanity, engineer, faster; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Nessie

match 52

Knowledge work is being restructured by AI. Strategy happens in Claude. Research happens in ChatGPT. Building happens in Claude Code. The people defining the next decade of work are already thinking with AI every day. But none of that thinking compounds. Every session starts from zero. The reasoning behind decisions, the context behind strategies, the evolution of ideas across hundreds of conversations - all of it evaporates. Nessie is the infrastructure that makes it permanent. We auto-sync AI

shared product terms: research, defin, next, decade; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Reflector Bio

match 45

Reflector Bio is transforming drug discovery by bringing functional biology to the forefront. Our AI platform predicts how compounds behave in human cells, improving translational relevance and predictive power across diverse assays. By combining large-scale phenotypic data with advanced machine learning, we uncover mechanisms of action, identify novel biology, and guide experimental design with precision.

shared extracted concept terms: machine; shared product terms: discovery, scale, machine, uncover; same category: AI infrastructure

Maya Labs

match 35

Applied research lab on a mission to build machines which can program themselves to do any task.

shared extracted concept terms: machine; shared product terms: research, lab, machine; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Traverse

match 25

Research lab solving non-verifiable work

shared product terms: research, lab, solv; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Nozomio

match 20

We are a product lab solving context in AI.

shared product terms: lab, solv; same category: AI infrastructure; shared affiliation: Y Combinator