We’re excited to announce that we've been selected as one of ARIA's new Activation Partners. We will build open scientific models, datasets and benchmarks, partnering engineers in ARIA-funded research teams to apply innovations from the frontier of AI and large-scale compute to their R&D challenges.
“Scientific breakthroughs shouldn't be limited by a lack of compute or engineering power. Pairing Open Athena's engineers directly with ARIA's Creator teams allows us to build open-source AI infrastructure tailored to real science—from modelling climate and understanding plant genetics to discovering new advanced materials. Releasing these tools openly ensures every lab in the UK can build on this foundation.” — David Siegel, Founder and Chairman of Open Athena.
This partnership coincides with the opening of our new London office and is our first UK-based collaboration, building on the success of our work with researchers in the US over the past two years.
Cite this post
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author = {Athena, Open},
title = {Open Athena selected as an ARIA Activation Partner},
year = {2026},
month = {sep},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.openathena.ai/blog/open-athena-selected-as-an-aria-activation-partner/}},
note = {Open Athena Blog}
}