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About SandboxAQ

About SandboxAQ

SandboxAQsitsattheintersectionoftwoofthemostconsequentialtechnologiesofourtime:artificialintelligenceandquantummechanics.SpunoutofAlphabetin2022,thecompanyhasspentyearsbuildingwhatitcallsLargeQuantitativeModelsAIsystemstrainednotonhumanlanguage,butonthelawsofphysicsandchemistrythemselves.TheresultisaclassofAIthatcandosomethingmostmodelscan't:reasonaboutthephysicalworldwithscientificprecision.
SandboxAQsitsattheintersectionoftwoofthemostconsequentialtechnologiesofourtime:artificialintelligenceandquantummechanics.SpunoutofAlphabetin2022,thecompanyhasspentyearsbuildingwhatitcallsLargeQuantitativeModelsAIsystemstrainednotonhumanlanguage,butonthelawsofphysicsandchemistrythemselves.TheresultisaclassofAIthatcandosomethingmostmodelscan't:reasonaboutthephysicalworldwithscientificprecision.
Theirworkspansdrugdiscovery,materialsscience,cybersecurity,andGPS-deniednavigation,allfieldswhereconventionalAIrunsupagainstthehardlimitsofnature.SandboxAQdoesn'tworkaroundthoselimits.Itworksthroughthem.Andtheimplicationsreachfarbeyondthelab.
Theirworkspansdrugdiscovery,materialsscience,cybersecurity,andGPS-deniednavigation,allfieldswhereconventionalAIrunsupagainstthehardlimitsofnature.SandboxAQdoesn'tworkaroundthoselimits.Itworksthroughthem.Andtheimplicationsreachfarbeyondthelab.
They'readvancingwhatAIcanactuallyunderstand MostAIlearnsfromtext.SandboxAQ'smodelslearnfromnature,molecularstructures,atomicinteractions,quantumphenomena.Thatdistinctionsoundstechnical,butitchangeseverythingaboutwhat'spossible.ThesamequantitativereasoningthathelpsSandboxAQmodeladrugcandidateorpredictamaterial'spropertiesattheatomiclevelisaglimpseintoafuturewhereartificialintelligencegenuinelycomprehendsthephysicaluniverse,notjustdescribesit.Thatfuture,oncethestuffofsciencefiction,isarrivingfasterthanmostpeoplerealize. SandboxAQistheteambuildingit.
They'readvancingwhatAIcanactuallyunderstand MostAIlearnsfromtext.SandboxAQ'smodelslearnfromnature,molecularstructures,atomicinteractions,quantumphenomena.Thatdistinctionsoundstechnical,butitchangeseverythingaboutwhat'spossible.ThesamequantitativereasoningthathelpsSandboxAQmodeladrugcandidateorpredictamaterial'spropertiesattheatomiclevelisaglimpseintoafuturewhereartificialintelligencegenuinelycomprehendsthephysicaluniverse,notjustdescribesit.Thatfuture,oncethestuffofsciencefiction,isarrivingfasterthanmostpeoplerealize. SandboxAQistheteambuildingit.

Why SandboxAQ + Future Vision XPRIZE

Why SandboxAQ + Future Vision XPRIZE

The Future Vision XPRIZE calls on filmmakers to imagine humanity's next chapter with honesty and ambition. SandboxAQ is sponsoring because they're not just watching that future take shape — they're engineering the underlying science that makes it possible. For competition participants, SandboxAQ brings:

The Future Vision XPRIZE calls on filmmakers to imagine humanity's next chapter with honesty and ambition. SandboxAQ is sponsoring because they're not just watching that future take shape — they're engineering the underlying science that makes it possible. For competition participants, SandboxAQ brings:

Scientific credibility

Access to researchers working on some of the most advanced AI problems in existence, ensuring the futures you imagine are grounded in real trajectories

Scientific credibility

Access to researchers working on some of the most advanced AI problems in existence, ensuring the futures you imagine are grounded in real trajectories

Scientific credibility

Access to researchers working on some of the most advanced AI problems in existence, ensuring the futures you imagine are grounded in real trajectories

Window to frontier technology

SandboxAQ's work is a direct source of inspiration for the kinds of breakthroughs sci-fi is made of

Window to frontier technology

SandboxAQ's work is a direct source of inspiration for the kinds of breakthroughs sci-fi is made of

Expert advisory access

SandboxAQ scientists and engineers available as technical consultants, helping filmmakers depict emerging technology with depth and accuracy

Expert advisory access

SandboxAQ scientists and engineers available as technical consultants, helping filmmakers depict emerging technology with depth and accuracy

Institutional backing

A company trusted by the U.S. Air Force, DHHS, and Mount Sinai Chemical lending legitimacy to the stories you're telling about where science is headed

Institutional backing

A company trusted by the U.S. Air Force, DHHS, and Mount Sinai Chemical lending legitimacy to the stories you're telling about where science is headed

For winning filmmakers, the opportunity expands:

Your vision of the future could be shaped by and in turn help shape the scientists at the frontier of what AI and quantum technologies can actually do

Your vision of the future could be shaped by and in turn help shape the scientists at the frontier of what AI and quantum technologies can actually do

Your film could become a reference point within SandboxAQ's own storytelling, cited as an example of how culture and science can illuminate each other

Your film could become a reference point within SandboxAQ's own storytelling, cited as an example of how culture and science can illuminate each other

Your creative work could reach an audience of researchers, defense leaders, and enterprise innovators who are actively living inside the future you're depicting on screen

Your creative work could reach an audience of researchers, defense leaders, and enterprise innovators who are actively living inside the future you're depicting on screen

The Vision

The Vision

SandboxAQbelievesthenexteraofAIwon'tbewonbythemodelthatreadsthemosttextit'llbewonbytheonethatbestunderstandsreality.TheFutureVisionXPRIZEbelievesthenexteraofstorytellingwon'tbewonbythebiggestbudgetit'llbewonbytheclearest,mostcourageousvisionofwhathumanitycanbecome.Bothareworkingfromthesamestartingpoint:thatthefutureisnotpredetermined,andthatthosewillingtoreasoncarefullyaboutithaveanoutsizedabilitytoshapeit.
SandboxAQbelievesthenexteraofAIwon'tbewonbythemodelthatreadsthemosttextit'llbewonbytheonethatbestunderstandsreality.TheFutureVisionXPRIZEbelievesthenexteraofstorytellingwon'tbewonbythebiggestbudgetit'llbewonbytheclearest,mostcourageousvisionofwhathumanitycanbecome.Bothareworkingfromthesamestartingpoint:thatthefutureisnotpredetermined,andthatthosewillingtoreasoncarefullyaboutithaveanoutsizedabilitytoshapeit.

Want to understand what SandboxAQ is building and why it matters for the world your film imagines?

Want to understand what SandboxAQ is building and why it matters for the world your film imagines?

"Themostpowerfulthingaboutsciencefictionhasalwaysbeenitsabilitytomaketheimprobablefeelinevitable.That'sexactlywhatrigoroussciencedoestoo.We'reproudtostandbehindthestorytellerswillingtotakethatleap."
"Themostpowerfulthingaboutsciencefictionhasalwaysbeenitsabilitytomaketheimprobablefeelinevitable.That'sexactlywhatrigoroussciencedoestoo.We'reproudtostandbehindthestorytellerswillingtotakethatleap."

Jack Hidary

CEO, SandboxAQ

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