Kosmos is an AI scientist from Edison Scientific, a commercial spinout of FutureHouse, announced on 5 November 2025. It reads literature, analyses data and generates hypotheses over a long run focused on one research objective, and every conclusion can be traced to specific lines of code or passages of literature. Edison Scientific charges $200 a run, with some free use for academics, and lists agreements with Springer Nature and Pfizer announced in September and October 2026.
Benefits & outcomes
- Edison Scientific reports that a single run reads about 1,500 papers and runs about 42,000 lines of analysis code.
- Edison Scientific reports that 79.4% of the conclusions in Kosmos reports were judged accurate.
- Edison Scientific reports that beta users estimated one run would take them about six months of work, and says these self-reported estimates should be treated with caution.
- Edison Scientific reports seven discoveries from Kosmos, three reproducing findings already made by humans and four new.
Notes & quotes
- Edison Scientific says Kosmos often follows unproductive lines and chases findings that are statistically significant but scientifically irrelevant, so the team often runs it several times on the same objective.
Publisher / company: Edison ScientificFutureHousePfizerSpringer Nature
Date of case study: 2026
Status: Live
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