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Confluence Labs

AI models that learn from experience

Y CombinatorWinter 2026ActiveB2B

What they do

Problem

AI performs poorly in scientific and engineering domains where collecting training data is sparse or prohibitively expensive, slowing discovery.

Solution

It builds AI models that design highly effective experiments and learn efficiently from limited existing data in data-sparse domains.

Who it's for

Researchers and R&D teams in academia and industrial labs working on molecules, materials, and physics experiments.

Founders

Brent Burdick
Founder

23 yr old college drop out and self-taught engineer and researcher.

Niranjan Baskaran
Founder

21 yrs old. Born in India. Won awards for my math research at ISEF. Got a full-ride to college in the US. Dropped out of Dartmouth to start an AI research lab.

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