Future House Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

In november 2023, sam rodriques and andrew white co-founded futurehouse with the mission of automating scientific discovery to accelerate the pace of innovation within biology and other complex sciences.the challengescientific progress depends on synthesizing existing knowledge and experimental results, but the exponential growth of scientific literature has created a critical bottleneck. While large language models (llms) show promise for automating knowledge synthesis at scale, they face significant limitations including hallucinations, lack of access to current data, and unreliable citation practices.our solutions and progressfuturehouse has developed breakthrough ai-driven tools and systems: paperqa/paperqa2 - our foundational llm platform for reliable scientific information retrieval and synthesis, achieving state-of-the-art performance on benchmarks including pubmedqa and litqa (our internal retrieval-focused evaluation that tests the ability to retrieve full-text pdfs across scientific literature).wikicrow - an automated system built on paperqa that creates wikipedia-style articles for technical scientific topics. Wikicrow has generated draft articles for over 15,600 human protein-coding genes lacking comprehensive wikipedia entries, completing each article in just 8 minutes. Its literature retrieval accuracy surpasses that of phd and postdoc-level biology researchers.futurehouse platform - launched in 2025, this platform combines four specialized agents that can search and synthesize scientific literature and plan chemistry experiments at superhuman levels.robin - our unified ai agent system that automates the key intellectual steps of the entire scientific process. Using robin, we achieved our first ai-generated discovery.ether0 - a 24b open-weights reasoning model trained on chemistry tasks, demonstrating our commitment to advancing ai capabilities in scientific domains.we've also published research on topics ranging from evaluations of humanity's last exam to benchmarks of our literature research agents, contributing to the broader scientific community's understanding of ai capabilities.impact and team buildingthese tools democratize access to scientific knowledge and position futurehouse at the forefront of ai-driven scientific discovery. To support this mission, we've built integrated teams spanning machine learning and biology through interactive workshops that attract top talent, showcase our innovative culture, and foster meaningful connections with candidates who share our values and vision.through these initiatives, futurehouse is advancing the frontier of ai in scientific research while building adedicated team ready to reshape the landscape of scientific discovery.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 75.9%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $18.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 13th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -109.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 29.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 137.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -126.6% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -16.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings