Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research
Faraday’s claim is narrower than “AI scientist”: it replicated published paper results better than larger frontier agents while running on a 27B-parameter model.
Inherent says the agent beat Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 on independently reproducing scientific findings without being given the answer. The company frames replication as a step toward agents with “research taste,” using reinforcement learning to reward useful experimental judgment. Faraday still relies on outside tools, including OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Codex for coding. Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni in London, has raised a $50 million seed round and plans to grow to about 20 to 25 employees by year-end. TechCrunch AI's note
Inherent says the agent beat Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 on independently reproducing scientific findings without being given the answer. The company frames replication as a step toward agents with “research taste,” using reinforcement learning to reward useful experimental judgment. Faraday still relies on outside tools, including OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 Codex for coding. Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni in London, has raised a $50 million seed round and plans to grow to about 20 to 25 employees by year-end. TechCrunch AI's note
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