The reasoning copilot for experimental researchers

Built to move science forward.

yourBUDDY plays two roles.

The Assistant turns raw instrument output into clean data — processing, plotting, peak integration, and spectral alignment.

The Advisor reasons over that data — expanding your hypothesis space, debating your interpretations, and surfacing the next, most informative experiment to run.

Proposed hypothesis updateBismuth CO₂RR campaign · electrochemistry
Hypothesis 1 · Potential dependence
− +200 mV is the global FE optimum across loadings.+ +175 mV leads at ~12–13 mg/cm² (28.0% FE, B59-e3).+ Potential optimum is coupled to Bi mass loading.  status: CHALLENGED · awaiting replicate
cited · Hori 1994, p.4flagged · mechanism underdetermined
Nothing is written until you approve.
How experimental science works

Every experiment breaks down
into the same core parts.

01
Research statement
The question you're chasing — and what counts as 'better'.
02
Input variables
What you set or vary each run — the knobs you control.
03
Inferred variables
Quantities computed from the raw measurements — the derived numbers.
04
Output indicators
The performance metrics you're trying to move.

reason across previous experiments  →  optimize the input

How research actually progresses

A hundred messy experiments become one defensible thesis.

~5 experiments
Early on
You change one variable, run it, change another.
Most single runs are inconclusive.
~30 experiments
The messy middle
Dozens of runs and a lot of back-and-forth as data piles up.
Contradictions pile up faster than answers.
100+ experiments
The payoff
Noise resolves into two correlations, outliers explained.
Research question + correlations = a defensible thesis.
The Problem
Experiment 1
▼
memory · notes · shorthand · assumptions
Unstructured Reasoning Layer
evidence forgottentrends over-interpreteddead hypotheses stay liveinterpretation drifts
▼
drift accumulates
Experiment N
which hypothesis is still live?
why did we drop Hypothesis 2?
was 175 C ever replicated?

Reasoning drift between experiments.

Take catalyst discovery. A single experiment generates temperature profiles, HPLC tables, PXRD spectra, calibration files, and bench notes — each from a different instrument.

The conclusion almost never lives in one file. It emerges from comparing imperfect signals across many experiments — deciding what to believe, what to doubt, and what to test next. Swap in your own field — synthesis, formulation, cell biology — and only the instruments change.

  • Too many variables to change at once.
    With 3 input variables (5 data points each), that's 125 possible experiments — and you can run one or two a day.
  • So you simplify — you hold things constant.
    The human mind reasons by simplifying, one variable at a time. But to hold a variable constant is to assume it doesn't matter much — an assumption you've stopped testing.
  • Hidden correlations may get lost.
    The couplings between variables — often the real result — are exactly what simplifying flattens away.

“The data isn't the problem. Keeping track of what we believe — and why — is.”

The conclusion never lives in one file — it lives in your head, and your head drifts.

“Research is a state machine, not a filing system.”

What you carry between experiments isn't a pile of files — it's a living hypothesis: what you believe right now, why you believe it, and what to test next. Most tools store your data. yourBUDDY keeps that belief state current as every result lands.

— yourBUDDY · founding principle

What yourBUDDY is

An assistant and an advisor.

Two roles, one loop: raw data in, the next experiment out.

You drop in — raw instrument data (xy files, spectra), plus lab notes and observations
↓
Removes mechanical overhead
The Assistant

Turns raw instrument output into clean data — processes, plots, integrates peaks, aligns spectra.

< 5 min

1–2 hrs of plotting & crunching

≈ 20% of your week back
↓
Fights reasoning drift
The Advisor

Reasons over that data — surfaces more explanations than you'd reach alone, debates and compares them, flags contradictions, and proposes the next experiment.

Explanations on the table

100 surfaced vs 5 alone / 30 with a PI — you choose which to chase.

↓
You sign off — what you believe updates · the next experiment is set

It handles the work that doesn't need your expertise — so you can spend it on the science that does.

yourBUDDY in action

Watch raw data become the next experiment.

100%
Cited or flagged
Every interpretive claim traces to a sentence in your literature — or it's flagged as unsupported. No silent guesses.
25 / 7
Techniques · domains
HPLC, NMR, PXRD, SEM, chronoamperometry and more — built in, not re-prompted each session.
Exp 1 → N
Always in scope
Reasoning carries across the whole campaign — no context window to overflow, nothing quietly forgotten.
You
The final gate
Nothing enters your record until you approve the diff. Confirm-before-commit, every run.
Trust

Your unpublished data never leaves your machine.

Stateless cloud brain·Data stays on your device·No training, no persistence·You own the state file
FAQ

Frequently asked.

Who's it for?

Experimentalists running many experiments toward one goal.

Is it just for chemistry researchers?

Chemistry-first today; field-agnostic by design.

How is this different from ChatGPT or Claude?

An LLM answers a question. yourBUDDY holds the whole campaign.

How do you stop it from hallucinating?

Inaccuracies and hallucinations are the most common AI concern among researchers — 64%, up from 51% a year earlier (Wiley, ExplanAItions 2025).

It can only claim what it can cite — everything else is flagged.

What if my research data gets stolen?

Nothing to steal — there's no central store; your data stays local.

Can researchers in my lab or company use it?

Yes — any researcher today; whole-team support is coming.

Is it free?

Free during private beta, with a locked-in early rate.

“We don't ask you to trust AI. We ask you to test it.”

— the manifesto

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Science moves through
better questions.

yourBUDDY makes sure none of them get lost. Join the private beta — it's free for researchers right now.