Anastasia Gamick
Co-founder of Convergent Research, focusing on innovative science funding through Focused Research Organizations. Previously worked at Neuralink and Curative.
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Jun 25, 2025 • 1h 23min
Fixing American Science Funding
This week, Adam Marbleston and Anastasia Gamick, co-founders of Convergent Research, discuss innovative funding models for science. With backgrounds in cutting-edge organizations like Neuralink and Google DeepMind, they emphasize how Focused Research Organizations (FROs) can bridge the gap in American science funding. They champion the idea of investing in small teams tackling big questions, like neuroscience and biotechnologies, and introduce their 'gap map' to pinpoint urgent research needs. Their insights reveal a bold vision for advancing scientific innovation.
Feb 4, 2026 • 49min
Raising science ambition: how to identify the highest-impact research for an AI world | Anastasia Gamick
Anastasia Gamick, co‑founder and CEO of Convergent Research, builds startup‑style teams to create public‑good scientific capabilities. She discusses Focused Research Organizations, high‑impact projects like synapse mapping and provably safe software, prioritizing defensive bio and AI tooling, and how scientists can find and fund work that matters most for an AI future.
