C5R: 'In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI' (SciUniverse benchmark launch)

C5R's launch post. Founder Michael Akilian (@akilian) posted his own thread the same minute (about 80k views). 787,558 views and 2,785 likes when checked via fxtwitter on Oct 5, 2026.

In 12 weeks, we built a research facility that is run entirely by AI.

AI designs, executes, and observes experiments end-to-end across biology, chemistry, and materials science.

We're introducing SciUniverse: a benchmark that measures AI's ability to do real-world scientific research.