π’ Groups
Research labs, universities, and startups in sample-efficient learning
π Universities
Stanford - McClelland Lab Core
UniversityComplementary Learning Systems theory origin. Connectionist models, memory.
James McClelland - CLS theory pioneer (1995).
UC Berkeley - BAIR Core
UniversityRobot learning, deep RL, offline RL. Berkeley Deep RL course.
Sergey Levine, Pieter Abbeel. DayDreamer real-robot experiments.
University of Alberta - RLAI
UniversityReinforcement learning foundations. Temporal difference, policy gradient.
Richard Sutton - Father of modern RL.
UCL - Gatsby Unit
UniversityComputational neuroscience, probabilistic models, theoretical neuroscience.
Dharshan Kumaran (also DeepMind), Karl Friston (Free Energy).
NTNU - Moser Lab
UniversityGrid cells, spatial cognition, cognitive maps. Nobel Prize 2014.
Edvard & May-Britt Moser. Biological basis for HICA spatial models.
π¬ Research Labs
Google DeepMind Core
Research LabDreamer series, AlphaGo/Zero/Star, MuZero, CLS research, neuroscience-AI.
Hafner (Dreamer), Silver (AlphaGo), Kumaran & Hassabis (CLS). Key HICA baselines.
Meta FAIR
Research LabJEPA architecture, V-JEPA, self-supervised learning, world models for video.
Yann LeCun's world model vision. Alternative to Dreamer approach.
AMI Labs (Advanced Machine Intelligence) New
StartupWorld Models, Physical Intelligence, reasoning/planning beyond LLMs.
Yann LeCun's new startup. Focusing on "contrarian bet" against pure LLMs.
OpenAI
Research LabGPT series, Sora (video world model), robotics research.
Sora as world simulator. Robotics partnerships.
Numenta
Research LabThousand Brains Theory, cortical columns, HTM algorithms, sparse representations.
Jeff Hawkins. Biological cortical architecture for AI.
Thousand Brains Project Core
Research LabOpen-source implementation of Thousand Brains Theory. Sensorimotor learning, cortical columns, reference frames.
Building intelligent systems based on neocortex principles. Active community.
Intel Labs - Neuromorphic
Research LabLoihi neuromorphic chips, spiking neural networks, energy-efficient AI.
175Γ energy efficiency. Hardware for sample-efficient learning.
Stanford HAI
Research LabHuman-centered AI, cognitive science, robotics, interdisciplinary research.
Chelsea Finn (meta-learning), Fei-Fei Li, interdisciplinary AI.
Vicarious (acquired by Alphabet)
Research LabRecursive Cortical Network, CSCG (Clone Structured Causal Graph).
George et al. CSCG paper cited in HICA grant.
π Startups
Covariant
StartupAI-powered robots for warehouses. Real-world robot learning at scale.
Founded by Pieter Abbeel. Production sample-efficient learning.
Physical Intelligence (Ο)
StartupGeneral-purpose robot AI. Foundation models for physical intelligence.
Chelsea Finn, Sergey Levine involvement. Robot foundation models.
1X Technologies
StartupHumanoid robots (NEO). Embodied AI, world models for robotics.
World model approach for humanoids.
Figure AI
StartupGeneral-purpose humanoid robots. OpenAI partnership.
Large-scale robot learning deployment.
Skild AI
StartupScalable robot learning. Robot foundation models.
CMU robotics founders. Scalable sample-efficient learning.
BrainChip
StartupAkida neuromorphic processor. Edge AI, event-based computing.
Commercial neuromorphic hardware for efficient inference.
Sanctuary AI
StartupGeneral-purpose humanoid robots (Phoenix). Cognitive architecture.
Carbonβ’ AI: inspired by cognitive science.
Hyntel (νμΈν )
StartupAGI/Strong AI algorithms. TIARA solution for efficient pre-training and fine-tuning. GPU/memory reduction.
Founded 2022 by Dr. Kwon Dae-seok. Self-organizing Active Network of Concepts.
Sakana AI
StartupNature-inspired AI. Model merging, evolutionary algorithms, efficient foundation models.
Founded by ex-Google Brain researchers (Llion Jones, David Ha). Tokyo-based.
Halodi Robotics
StartupHumanoid robots (EVE). Safe human-robot interaction, direct drive actuators.
Norwegian robotics company. Focus on real-world deployment and safety.
Thinking Machines Lab
StartupAI research & products. Human-AI collaboration, customizable and personalized AI systems.
Team from ChatGPT, Character.ai, Mistral, PyTorch, OpenAI Gym, Segment Anything.