Thinking About Thinking
Originating in Princeton · 2020Vol. I · No. 1 · Summer 2026Ideas about intelligence.
Gathering · 2 April 2026 · Venture Café London

AI for Science: From Pre-Seed to Breakthrough.

An evening at Venture Café London, run with Thinking About Thinking, on how AI is changing how science is done: hypothesis generation, simulation, drug discovery, materials design.

Attendees at the AI for Science gathering, Venture Café London.

AI-for-Science startups, researchers and investors came together for two panels and an innovation showcase. The question was what it takes to build an AI-for-Science company that is technically sound and commercially viable in the current funding market.

The evening took place at Venture Café, 1 Triton Square, London NW1 3BF, on 2 April 2026 from 17:30 to 21:00 BST. Registration is now closed.

Programme
  1. 18:00 to 19:00Networking, refreshments, Innovation Showcase
  2. 19:00 to 19:10Opening remarks
  3. 19:10 to 19:35Panel I: Pre-Raise AI for Science
  4. 19:35 to 20:00Panel II: Post-Raise AI for Science
  5. 20:00 to 21:00Networking and close
Speakers
  • Professor James WhittingtonThinking About Thinking · Oxford
  • Dr Ruairidh BattledayThinking About Thinking
  • Bruno TrentiniNVIDIA · Oxford
  • Iman MouloudiRenaissance Philanthropy
  • Dan NicolauKing's College London
  • Jascha AchterbergCallosum
  • Eva SevensterUniversity of Bristol
  • Kärt TombergExpressionEdits
  • Tonya FrolovBiotech Strategy Advisor
  • Botos CsabaOxford
  • Sam OlofmeRevena
  • Inga Van den BosscheOxford
Partners and supporters

ARIA · NVIDIA · University of Oxford · Renaissance Philanthropy · King's Institute for AI · ENCODE · UCL AI Society

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