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independent research institute for independent researchers

# institute

Team Attention is an independent research institute that supports independent researchers.

fundWe are preparing a support program for independent researchers. Terms will be published here once they are set.
data → envWe synthesize RL envs from real-world raw data, and are in talks with partners in legal and manufacturing on data collaboration.

# missions →

2026.01–04Mission 001 · Agent: Seoul & San Francisco → Humans step away, agents build. Ralphthon began in Seoul, then ran the same weekend in SF and Seoul.
2026.05Mission 002 · Culture: Singapore & Network School → While agents run the loop, people run, work out, and meet.
2026.06–07Mission 003 · Research: ICML SF & Seoul → Agents write papers and other agents review them: Auto Research during ICML week.
2026.11–12Mission 004 · Physical AI: Seoul → Shenzhen → Seoul → Nov 18 Seoul meetup, Dec 5 muShenzhen in Shenzhen, Dec 15 EO BOLD
2026.12–Mission 005 · Bio-Medical-Healthcare · Pre-launch
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2  "mission": "004",
3  "status": "in flight",
4  "route": "Seoul → Shenzhen → Seoul",
5  "next": "Nov 18 · Seoul"
6}
mission_004.jsonJoin →

# ps →

# experiments →

Seoul, SF, Singapore, Busan, {next} ↗

2026.01.24Skillthon w/ Anthropic
2026.03.28ralphthon @SF + Seoul w/ OpenAI, VCs
2026.05.17ralphthon @SG w/ Hashed, OpenAI
2026.05.30ralphthon @Busan w/ OpenAI
2026.07.12ralphthon @ICML w/ OpenAI, CoreWeave, VESSL AI, Dalpha, NAVER D2SF
2026.09.21ralphthon @GS w/ 52g
2026.09.29ralphthon @Kakao AI 돛 w/ Kakao

# partners →

OpenAI · Anthropic · Kakao Ventures · Naver D2SF · Bass Ventures · Hanriver Partners · Weights & Biases · Hashed · Network School · VESSL AI · Arize AI · NEAR AI / IronClaw · iyuno · Petani · Dalpha · 52g · Sionic AI · Socar · EO · Kakao ·

# agents →