Kosmos

Kosmos: The AI Scientist for R&D

7.6Score#18 of 999 agents#1 of 16 in Scientist

Why it ranks #18

Kosmos, an AI scientist by Edison Scientific, ranks #18 of 999 AI agents and #1 of 16 in Scientist, with a score of 7.6 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 5 × 30% 1.5
Scale 8 × 30% 2.4
Momentum 10 × 25% 2.5
Autonomy 8 × 15% 1.2
= 7.6

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
5
Claims named customers and a customer result.
- +3
  Named customers
  “How Population Health Partners accelerates its regulatory process with Kosmos”
  Source · 30 Sep 2026 · 2 claims
- +2
  A customer result
  “PHP is now bringing Kosmos to a second program in an undisclosed indication and expects that it will reduce the amount of team time needed for IND preparation by ~75%, from ~4 months to ~1 month.”
  Source · 30 Sep 2026 · 3 claims
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
8
47 people, raised $70M.
- +5
  47 people at Edison Scientific20 to 49 people
- +3
  Raised $70M (Seed)Edison Scientific Raises $70M in Seed FundingSource · 18 Dec 2025
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
10
Shows a recent launch, hiring, a new claim, funding news and a new company.
- +3
  Release post in the last 6 monthsBringing Trusted Research Into Kosmos with Springer NatureSource · 24 Sep 2026
- +3
  Hiring: 27 open rolesForward Deployed AI Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, Machine Learning Engineer, Senior AI Engineer, Scientific Training & CollaborationSource
- +2
  A new traction claim
  “How Population Health Partners accelerates its regulatory process with Kosmos”
  Source · 30 Sep 2026
- +2
  Funding news in the last yearEdison Scientific Raises $70M in Seed FundingSource · 18 Dec 2025
- +1
  New: founded 2025
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
8
Autonomous worker: completes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.
- +8
  Level 3 of 4: Autonomous workerCompletes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.
How the level was set
- Level 3 (autonomous worker) from a reviewed decision that cites the product's own pages
Level 3: Completes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.

About Kosmos

Edison, the commercial spinout of FutureHouse, is now bringing this technology to the world. FutureHouse continues advancing basic biology and educational access, while Edison scales the AI scientist to researchers and industries worldwide.