Brian Laffin, PhD

Head of Translational and Clinical Strategy, Imagene AI

[Timothy Kassis @TimothyKassis]

Grateful to the team at @genentech for hosting me today to talk about the AI co-scientist ecosystem we're building at @k_dense_ai, from Claude Scientific Skills to K-Dense BYOK and K-Dense Web.

The energy in the room when scientists start connecting the dots between multi-agent AI and their own research challenges never gets old. The questions afterward were the best part.

If your R&D team is curious about what multi-agent AI can actually do for science today (not next year), I love these conversations.

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

We built K-Dense to accelerate research. Now we're making it accessible. The K-Dense Research Grant Program gives academic labs and non-profit research organizations the full Team plan at 90% off. Applications reviewed within 48 hours. Apply here: https://t.co/WQvVS6vgVa

[Darshil patel @Darshil2710]

We’re introducing the K-Dense Research Grant Program for academic labs. Offering a significantly discounted team plan with unlimited seats for all lab members. Eligible non-profit research institutions are also encouraged to apply.

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

K-Dense BYOK now has support for free audio input! Try it out now at https://t.co/fr2xYJyYEv

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

Announcing workflows in K-Dense BYOK. Over 325 ready to use tasks for scientists and researchers. Check it out today! It's free and easy to install. https://t.co/fr2xYJyYEv

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

If you think this is cool, wait until you try K-Dense Web and K-Dense BYOK powered by Claude Scientific Skills!

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

K-Dense BYOK uses @OpenRouter to give your AI co-scientist access to hundreds of models with a single API key. If you have free credits for Gemini, Anthropic or OpenAI you can add your own API key in OpenRouter to use your free credits.

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

A short tutorial by our co-founder and CTO on getting started with our open source AI co-scientist 'K-Dense BYOK'. Install now for free. https://t.co/fr2xYJyYEv

[Brian Laffin, PhD @agentictransmed]

@tom_doerr Notably, and not uncommonly, it uses our open source scientific skills. https://t.co/34pjiAYdID

[Darshil patel @Darshil2710]

We just open-sourced K-Dense BYOK:
A beautiful UI running our AI agent, Kady.

Think: Cursor for scientists 🧠🔬

Free. Easy setup.
Research that took months → now hours.
Try it → ⭐ the repo & share
We’re building in public.

[Timothy Kassis @TimothyKassis]

We open sourced a version of the world's most capable AI co-scientist. Free. Easy to install. Has access to our Scientific Skills that are in use by 150k+ scientists worldwide. Please star the GitHub repo and repost/retweet.

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

We just open-sourced K-Dense BYOK, your own AI research assistant, running locally with your API keys. 170+ scientific skills. 250+ databases. 40+ models. Scalable compute via @modal when you need it. No subscriptions. No lock-in. Data stays on your computer. Repost, star and try it now: https://t.co/Bj0oLferZx

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

We're happy to provide free credits for anyone that wants to submit using K-Dense Web. Please email [email protected].

[Brian Laffin, PhD @agentictransmed]

@ubrmnschn @k_dense_ai For the time being, everyone who signs up gets 50 free credits.

[Financial Express @FinancialXpress]

Why K‑Dense, the ‘AI co‑scientist startup’ from Palo Alto is next promising thing in the research and scientific field https://t.co/2qXTSmJtMS

[Google for Developers India @GoogleDevsIN]

Introducing the @AIFuturesFund x @AccelAtoms AI Cohort 2026. 🚀
Selected from thousands of applicants, we’re backing five startups building the next frontier.
🤖 @getdodgeai (Autonomous ERP)
🎙️ Persistence Labs (Voice AI)
🏗️ @LevelPlane (Industrial Automation)
📺 @ZingrollIndia (AI-Native Entertainment)
🧪 @k_dense_ai (AI Co-Scientist)

[Google for Developers @googledevs]

Introducing the @AIFuturesFund x @AccelAtoms AI Cohort 2026. Selected from thousands of applicants, we’re backing five startups building the next frontier.

🤖 @getdodgeai (Autonomous ERP)
🎙️ Persistence Labs (Voice AI)
🏗️ https://t.co/0nRe0KJqLp (Industrial Automation)
📺 @ZingrollIndia (AI-Native Entertainment)
🧪 @k_dense_ai (AI Co-Scientist)

[K-Dense @k_dense_ai]

We are excited to be working with Google on building the next generation of AI co-scientists. We build in public so follow us to stay updated!

[Timothy Kassis @TimothyKassis]

Join our office our today 10 AM PT where our team will be answering questions about K-Dense Web and Claude Scientific Skills. https://t.co/uSkSWawQ26

[Timothy Kassis @TimothyKassis]

Excited to have our startup @k_dense_ai be part of this! Follow us on X to stay up to date. We build in public!