Bay Area Frontier Research Club | Google I/O, Google Ventures & Gemini (dinner + discussion)
The Bay Area Frontier Research Club is a curated forum for rigorous discussion on how AI is reshaping the scientific research process. We convene experimental researchers, computational scientists, and research engineers across domains to examine concrete work—papers, methods, and workflows—covering literature synthesis, hypothesis generation, experimental design, simulation, analysis, and reproducibility.
For each session, we curate 2–3 papers selected for rigor and discussion value. Presentations are intentionally brief so the majority of time is reserved for questions and critique: assumptions, evaluation methodology, failure modes, and what would constitute convincing evidence. Papers and supporting materials are shared in advance to ensure a high-baseline conversation.
Agenda
5:30pm: Doors open
5:30pm – 6:30pm: Networking + snacks
6:30pm – 8:00pm: Research presentations + discussion
8:00pm – 8:30pm: Networking
Presenters & topics
Talk #1: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Talk #2: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Talk #3: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Want to present your work?
If you have a research paper you’d like to discuss with a cross-disciplinary room, submit it for consideration.
Who should attend
Experimental researchers
Computational scientists across domains (bio/chem/materials/climate/neuro/physics)
Research engineers + lab automation people
Folks building tools for literature review, experiment planning, robotics, simulation, or scientific data
No ML background required. If you’ve ever wished research moved faster, you belong here.
Capacity is limited.
We will take photos and short video clips for event recap and promotion. By attending, you consent to being photographed and recorded, and to the use of those images and clips by the organizers on social media and other event marketing channels.
Hosted by
Frontier Syndicate is a venture community connecting frontier tech researchers, builders, and investors through curated convenings and early-stage capital. Across the Bay Area, we host a recurring series of research forums, builder nights, and intimate investor dinners — and back exceptional companies emerging from the labs, communities, and technical networks we convene.
Hexo Labs is building an AI-native platform for scientific discovery. Through Emily, its AI scientist system, Hexo helps researchers generate hypotheses, design experiments, and accelerate research workflows across ambitious scientific domains, with the goal of helping more breakthrough ideas move toward real-world impact.
Google Ventures (GV) is a venture capital firm investing in category-defining companies, with deep roots across AI, biotech, and the broader innovation ecosystem. GV supports founders and researchers building frontier technologies—and helps connect high-caliber builders, operators, and scientific talent through its network and community.