Aster

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Automating open-ended research.

P26·Spring 2026·B2B·San Francisco, CA, USA·Team of 2·Founded 2026

About

Aster is the first autonomous research lab — thousands of AI research agents orchestrated in parallel toward a single goal. We're on a mission to automate open-ended research: research that defines its own problems before it can answer them. The future doesn't wait to be defined by benchmarks. Neither do we.

Founders

Emmett Bicker· Founder/CEO
Hey! I'm Emmett, I moved to SF when I was 18 to train large language models at Magic, and I just left to start my own company. I've been teaching myself machine learning since I was 15. I'm making tools that use AI to accelerate science at www.asterlab.ai. My ultimate vision for Aster is a system that will automate ten years of research over a single week.
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Product launches · 1 launch

Aster: The First YC Neolab ↗▲ 26Jun 13, 2026
Automating open-ended research.

Change history · 4 recorded

August 30, 2026
- YC partner updated08:01 PM
June 12, 2026
- Pitch updated07:00 PM
- Description rewritten07:00 PM
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