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AI for

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agriculture

physics

neuroscience

robotics

A fellowship connecting top AI talent with leading science labs to catalyze translation

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BACKED BY PILLAR,
POWERED BY ARIA
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AI is accelerating our ability to solve
the world’s biggest challenges. We're seeking the next generation of founders, scientists, and leaders building AI for science.
Spend one year embedded in top science labs in ARIA's Opportunity Spaces across the UK. Access mentorship from leaders who have built to scale and join a thriving community shaping AI for Science.
We're just getting started. New projects are coming soon.
Interested in learning about new projects, pitching a project or joining as a faculty advisor?
Get in touch

The most interesting problems, the most impactful science, the most brilliant people — brought together to accelerate discovery.

Program overview
WHAT YOU GET
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Competitive salary

Compensation includes up to £115,000, a travel stipend, healthcare, and pension contributions.
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Cutting-edge tools and datasets

Early access to data sets, new models, agents and other tooling from program partners.
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Compute

Shared access to compute credits of over £800,000.
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Community

Exclusive dinners, community meetups, and trips to global startup ecosystems with other leading founders, academics and builders.
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Translation

Office hours, code reviews, and workshops on everything you need to know to translate your ideas, from filing IP to meeting customers.
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The future

Access to our team doesn’t end with your fellowship. We’ll continue to support you on the path to translation with coaching, pitch deck support, investor introductions and more.
The next generation of world-changing companies will come from the intersection of AI and science. We help great scientists become great founders.

At Pillar VC, we’ve invested in over 90 companies, 50% with university roots, and have raised $500M across 4 funds. Fellows will access personally tailored resources including customer insights, co-founder recruitment, business model planning, investor introductions, and more.
OUR AI FOR SCIENCE FOUNDER STORIES
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Andy Beck
Improving patient outcomes with AI-powered pathology
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Shiv Rao
Bridging the gap in clinical conversations with generative AI
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Simon Kohl
Accelerating the creation of next-generation therapeutics
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Alec Nielson
Developing AI tools for advanced genetic design
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OUR AI FOR SCIENCE FOUNDER STORIES
Read article  →
Written by
encode: ai for science
Andy Beck
Improving patient outcomes with AI-powered pathology
+
Read article  →
Written by
encode: ai for science
Shiv Rao
Bridging the gap in clinical conversations with generative AI
+
Read article  →
Written by
encode: ai for science
Simon Kohl
Accelerating the creation of next-generation therapeutics
+
Read article  →
Written by
encode: ai for science
Alec Nielson
Developing AI tools for advanced genetic design
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our PORTFOLIO
THE advisory board
Collaborate with leaders working at the frontier of AI for Science.
Simon Kohl
CEO
Latent Labs
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Steve Crossan
Co-Founder
Dayhoff Labs
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Rohit Prasad
SVP and Head Scientist Artificial General Intelligence
Amazon
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Debbie Marks
Professor, Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
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Samuel Rodriques
Founder & CEO
FutureHouse
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Megan Stanley
Senior Researcher
Microsoft Research
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Amy Villeneuve
Former COO and President, Amazon Robotics
Amazon
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Joshua Goldford
Co-Founder
Dayhoff Labs
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Miriam Huntley
CTO
Day Zero Diagnostics
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Andrew Giessel
Former Executive Director of AI Engineering
Moderna
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Leonard Wossnig
CTO
LabGenius
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Zachary Lipton
CTO and CSO
Abridge
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Theofanis Karaletsos
Head of AI
Chan Zuckerberg Institute
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Jacomo Corbo
CEO and Co-Founder
PhysicsX
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Fellow applications open
20 March 2025
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