Edison Scientific
AI agents for scientific research, led by the Kosmos AI Scientist
What is Edison Scientific?
Edison Scientific is a commercial spinout of the research lab FutureHouse that builds AI agents for scientific R&D. Its flagship agent, Kosmos, takes a research objective and datasets, reads the literature, writes and runs analysis code, and returns a cited report in which each conclusion can be traced to its code or source. Other agents on the platform handle literature search, data analysis, novelty checks and chemistry, and the company sells on-premises deployments to biopharma organizations.
Edison Scientific's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. See every plan
Good for
- Biology and drug-discovery teams analyzing large experimental datasets
- Academic researchers, for whom the docs describe a free tier
- Checking whether a research idea has already been tried
- Organizations that want research agents deployed in their own environment
Worth knowing
- Prices are not published on the public site; plans appear inside the platform after sign-up.
- At its November 2025 launch a Kosmos run cost 200 credits at $1 a credit, and the company said that rate would probably rise.
- In the same launch post, Edison reported that 79.4% of Kosmos's conclusions were accurate.
- The public site is aimed at biopharma R&D, with demos booked through sales.
Key features
- Kosmos
- An autonomous AI scientist: given an objective and datasets, it reads literature, runs analysis code and writes a cited report. The docs say one run reads about 1,500 papers and executes about 42,000 lines of code.
- Literature
- Search and synthesis across more than 175 million papers, trials and patents, returning cited answers or a deep review of conflicting evidence.
- Analysis
- Processes experimental data such as flow cytometry and RNA-seq results into statistical analyses and publication-ready figures.
- Precedent
- Searches across fields to judge whether a research idea has been tried before, pointing out prior work and open gaps.
- Molecules
- A chemistry agent that predicts ADMET properties, plans retrosynthesis routes, runs safety assessments and searches databases such as ChEMBL.
- API client and enterprise deployment
- A Python client runs agent tasks programmatically with an API key. For enterprises, the company offers on-premises deployment and scientists embedded with the customer's team.
Edison Scientific pricing
We could not confirm Edison Scientific’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See edisonscientific.com for current prices.
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Common questions
Is Edison Scientific free?
Edison Scientific has a free plan. The documentation describes a free tier for academics, with paid plans for higher rate limits and extra features. Current limits and prices could not be read.
What platforms does Edison Scientific work on?
Edison Scientific is available on Web.
Does Edison Scientific have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Edison Scientific is listed for Web.
Does Edison Scientific have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Edison Scientific is listed for Web.
Is Edison Scientific open source?
Edison Scientific is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Can Edison Scientific be self-hosted?
Yes. Edison Scientific's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Does Edison Scientific have an API?
Yes. Edison Scientific offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Edison Scientific integrate with?
Edison Scientific's listing names Slack and Microsoft Teams. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Edison Scientific?
Edison Scientific is made by Edison Scientific. It dates from 2025.
What are the alternatives to Edison Scientific?
The closest alternatives to Edison Scientific in our directory are Ai2 Asta, Undermind, Elicit, Consensus and Scite. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Edison Scientific.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026.