Independent research in the public interest
Montana Research Foundation is the non-profit research arm of Montana Labs — a home for scientists and researchers focused purely on advancing the science of AI.
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Research as the whole mission
Where Montana Labs builds AI products and services, the foundation exists for one purpose: independent AI and ML research, shared openly with everyone.
Independent
A non-profit founded by Montana Labs. Our research agenda is set by scientific merit, not product roadmaps.
Rigorous
Research led by scientists and researchers, held to the standards of peer-reviewed science.
Open
We publish our work openly so the wider research community can build on it.
We do the research that
product roadmaps don't leave room for.
Everything we produce is published openly — for researchers, practitioners, and the public.
Research areas
What we work on
Foundations of AI
Fundamental questions about how modern AI systems learn, generalize, and fail.
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Methods for building AI systems whose behaviour can be understood, evaluated, and relied upon.
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Bridging the gap between research results and systems that work under real-world constraints.
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Research practices, tools, and resources that make scientific work verifiable and reusable.
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