FutureHouse Launches AI Agents to Supercharge Scientific Discovery

Eric Schmidt-backed FutureHouse just unveiled a powerful new suite of AI research agents built to tackle one of science’s biggest headaches: information overload. With millions of papers and databases to sift through, researchers are drowning in data. These new agents aim to change that.

The Details:

• The platform introduces four specialized AI agents—Crow, Falcon, Owl, and Phoenix—accessible via web and API.

• Each agent has a distinct specialty:

  • Crow: General research

  • Falcon: Deep literature reviews

  • Owl: Identifies related or prior research

  • Phoenix: Tailored to chemistry workflows

• FutureHouse claims the agents outperform both PhD-level researchers and top traditional search engines in literature search and synthesis—delivering superhuman performance.

• They’re also transparent: each agent shows how it reaches its conclusions, making the research process traceable and trustworthy.

• They tap into specialized scientific databases, enabling domain-specific insights that generic models can’t match.

Why It Matters:

Many companies are working to integrate AI into scientific workflows—but FutureHouse actually has a live product ready to go. This launch signals a shift: AI isn’t just assisting science anymore—it’s becoming a core research partner.

The race is on to embed reasoning-capable, data-synthesizing agents into labs and institutions. FutureHouse just fired an early shot.