Fulcrum.

A public good initiative to accelerate scientific research

Our Work

What we're building

01

Fulcrum Fellowship

AI engineers looking to work on meaningful problems are matched with labs to accelerate research.

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Partnerships & Events

Support organizations and events shaping the future of AI-driven science.

03

Litmus

Build for a future where wet lab science is coordinated, automated, and software-defined.

Who we are

Alex Morcos

Co-Founder

Alex co-founded Hudson River Trading in 2002, where he spent ten years helping build a quantitative trading firm. After becoming fascinated with Bitcoin, he co-founded Chaincode Labs in 2014 to contribute to open research and development. Now his interest in emerging technology has brought him to focus on AI.

Suhas Daftuar

Co-Founder

Suhas co-founded Hudson River Trading in 2002, where he spent over a decade helping build a global quantitative trading firm and shaping policy debates around technology in financial markets. In 2014, he co-founded Chaincode Labs with Alex to support open-source development of decentralized digital currencies. He now brings his experience of building technical teams to the challenge of connecting AI talent with scientific research.

Adam Jonas

Co-Founder

Jonas is CEO at Chaincode Labs, where he spearheaded multiple educational initiatives focused on helping contributors make an impact on bitcoin and related technologies. He previously worked as a software engineer and manager after transitioning from his former role developing the talents of professional baseball players.

Arun Nijhawan

Litmus

Arun Nijhawan is an entrepreneur, builder, and operator. He is the founder of Menda Health (acquired by Wider Circle), a virtual pain care platform that improved outcomes through behavioral science and digital rehabilitation and scaled with major health plans. He previously built and exited FillMyFork (acquired by Zipongo) and led early-stage founder programs at TiE Boston. He is currently building Litmus, an AI-enabled platform helping biopharma teams and CROs coordinate and run experiments through structured workflows instead of email, spreadsheets, and PDFs. He holds a Physics and Astrophysics degree from the University of Toronto.

Caralie Chrisco

Head of Operations

Caralie most recently worked in client strategies and marketing at Stone Ridge Holdings Group. She comes from the Bitcoin ecosystem, where she served as Program Director at Wolf, head of Gemini's open-source grant program, and People Operations Manager at Chaincode Labs. She began her career as a talent manager, representing actors across theater, film, and television.

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