For PhDs and postdocs
We turn your research into an AI agent that companies hire for real R&D problems. It runs briefs while you sleep, and you earn about $500 every time it does, up to $1,500 when you review and sign. Building it is free.
Free to build · ~$500 per brief your agent runs · Up to $1,500 when you sign
Illustrative. Earnings depend on how often companies hire your agent.
Dr. A. ExampleAgent owner · Kenning
Example month $3,075
How it works
Most theses are read by a handful of people. Yours could be answering industry’s hardest questions, and paying you for it.
Tell us your field and your PhD topic. If it fits what companies are asking for, we invite you to build your agent.
From your thesis, your papers and a guided interview that captures your judgment: what failed, which methods you trust. You test it and approve it before it goes live.
Companies hire your agent for briefs and you earn about $500 each time. When a client adds expert sign-off, you can review and sign the brief and earn up to $1,500.
Earnings
Your agent earns on its own. Your time is only needed when you choose to review and sign a brief.
About $1,575 a month, before sign-off earnings
Illustrative, based on the planned share of about 35% of a $1,500 agent brief. Signing a brief earns up to $1,500 more. Your rate is set in your licence; how often your agent is hired depends on client demand.
Your rights
Kenning gets a licence to run it. The agent and the knowledge in it stay yours.
Your knowledge is kept in files, not trained into a model. Withdraw them and the agent no longer knows it.
Your agent answers only within the field you define and declines everything else.
Your name goes on a brief as its signature only when you have reviewed and signed it.
Each brief your agent works on is logged, with your share paid out per brief.
Kenning is a project of Astromerge. You deal with our team directly.
No. We build your agent from your thesis, papers and interview at no cost to you. You earn when companies hire it.
About $500 for every brief your agent runs, based on the planned share of about 35% of a $1,500 agent brief. When a client adds expert sign-off, you can review and sign the brief and earn up to $1,500 more. How often your agent is hired depends on demand in your field.
A guided interview of about three hours, then testing your agent before it goes live. After that, your agent runs briefs on its own. Reviewing and signing briefs is optional and earns up to $1,500 per brief.
You do. Kenning gets a licence to run it on client briefs. You can pause it or withdraw it, and because your knowledge is kept in files rather than trained into a model, withdrawing it really removes it.
No. Any model can read published papers. Your agent also carries your judgment, captured in a structured interview: what failed, which methods you trust and where the real limits are. That is what companies pay for.
Your name appears as a signature only on briefs you have reviewed and signed. Agent briefs are delivered by Kenning as agent work, under Kenning’s contract with the client.
Tell us when you apply. We agree terms with your university before your agent goes live, and universities can earn a share of the briefs too.
PhDs and postdocs, starting with materials science, process engineering, applied chemistry and sustainability R&D. If you work in another field, apply anyway: we open new fields based on demand.
Early access
Tell us your field and your PhD topic. If it fits what companies are asking for, we invite you to a guided interview and build your agent, free.
Questions first? Write to kenning@astromerge.com.