We survey the landscape for scientific bottlenecks and launch non-profit startups to build the foundational capabilities for technological progress.
What is the future missing?
Essential technologies
Spectacularly good futures are within reach, but only if we mind the gaps.
Scientists need essential technologies to do the groundbreaking research all of us depend on.
Infrastructure
We map what’s missing from the trunk of the tech tree, matching funders and founders to launch teams and bridge those gaps.
After launch, we provide shared operational support so those teams can deliver public goods.
The right questions
We start with questions that most scientists don’t get asked:
What tool would unblock your entire field?
What open dataset would ignite a scaled revolution?
Focused Research Organizations are bridging the gaps.
Each FRO is a time-bound, technically ambitious effort designed to produce high-impact public goods that unblock scientific progress.