Aster
The frontier of research
Aster is a Public Benefit Corporation that develops autonomous research systems aimed at shortening the time required to discover novel technologies. The company describes its mission as compressing long research timelines through automation, and reports work on benchmarks including NanoChat, ProteinGym, and the NanoGPT speedrun, along with experiments scaling autonomous research across large numbers of agents.
Aster offers model access through an API with zero data retention. Its plans are structured as Free, Pro, Max, and Enterprise tiers: the free plan includes access to all models and API access, while paid tiers add monthly token allowances, support, priority access, early features, and, for Enterprise, custom token volumes and dedicated endpoints.
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