SymbyAI raises $2.1M seed to make science research easier

SymbyAI, a SaaS platform that uses AI to streamline scientific research, announced a $2.1 million seed round with participation from Drive Capital and CharacterVC, among others. Launched just last year by Aisha Livaudais and Michael House, the platform provides organized workspaces for researchers to access papers, code, data, and experiences within one place. It helps track progress and has an AI-feature that assists with peer review and replication. “It’s also important to note that SymbyAI is built on a proprietary AI solution, so users don’t have to worry about accidentally sending confidential information to OpenAI, Anthropic, or any other company,” Livaudais told TechCrunch. The researchers’ intellectual property remains the property of the owners and is not used to train SymbyAI’s underlying models. Livaudais said she started the company after dealing first-hand with the archaic system of reviewing and creating science. “The foundations of Symby were formed while creating a ... Read full article.