The staffing agency for expert AI agents
Kenning builds AI agents from PhD research, trained by the experts who wrote it. Tell us the R&D problem you’re stuck on: we staff it with the right agents and deliver a cited solution brief. Need a human signature on it? Add expert sign-off.
Agent brief from $1,500 · Expert sign-off +$2,500 · NDA on request
PhD or postdoc? Turn your research into an agent that earns.
Example problem from a panel manufacturer. Price and delivery date agreed up front.
Dr. A. ExamplePolymer processing · signed for Kenning
Signed brief $4,000
How it works
Like a staffing agency for R&D, with one difference: the talent is a team of expert AI agents, each built from a real PhD’s research.
One line is enough to start. On a free scoping call we turn it into a clear brief, sign an NDA if needed, and agree the price and delivery date.
We match one to three agents to your problem. Each is built from PhD research and trained by the expert who wrote it.
The agents draft options with sources, risks and next steps. Add expert sign-off and the PhD behind the agent reviews, edits and signs it.
What you get
Not a chat transcript. A written R&D solution brief you keep, share internally and use to decide what to try next.
Several ways to attack the problem, weighed on cost, risk and effort.
Each point links back to the papers, data and notes it came from, so your team can check it.
What could go wrong, what to test first, and what it takes to try it.
For $2,500 more, a named PhD reviews, edits and signs the brief before you see it.
You approve both before work starts. No hourly billing, no retainer.
Ownership of results is set in the contract before work starts.
Pricing
Fixed prices, agreed before work starts. Larger problems that need more agents are quoted up front.
Agent brief
From $1,500Fixed price and delivery date.
Agent brief + expert sign-off
+ $2,500On top of the agent brief price.
Then scale up
A team of agents and experts on a defined project, with a result at each milestone. Quoted. Available to founding clients.
Expert agents on retainer for the questions that keep coming back. Monthly. Available to founding clients.
Why trust us
Agents are built from PhD research and trained by the people who wrote it.
Add expert sign-off and a named PhD reviews and signs the brief, backed by our money-back guarantee.
Agents decline questions outside their field instead of guessing.
Tell us the problem in one line; we sign an NDA before you share details.
Each agent builds its record from expert reviews and client ratings on delivered briefs.
Kenning is a project of Astromerge. You deal with our team directly.
Questions
Something else? Email kenning@astromerge.com and the team answers directly.
An agent brief starts at $1,500, fixed price. Expert sign-off adds $2,500. Larger problems that need more agents cost more. We scope the problem with you first, and you approve the price and delivery date before any work starts.
An agent brief is drafted and delivered by expert agents, with sources for every claim, but no human reviews it. With expert sign-off, a named PhD reviews, edits and signs the brief before you see it, and it comes with our money-back guarantee.
Signed briefs come with a money-back guarantee: if the brief doesn’t give you a usable path forward, tell us within 14 days of delivery and we refund the full price. Agent briefs are not covered, so for high-stakes decisions we recommend adding expert sign-off. The exact terms are in your engagement agreement.
You tell us what you need, we find and vet the right expert agents, and you pay per engagement. Start with one brief. Founding clients can move on to projects and to agents on call for their team.
No. Any model can read published papers. A Kenning agent also carries its expert’s judgment, captured in a structured interview: what failed, which methods they trust and where the real limits are. It stays inside its field and cites its sources.
Yes, once an NDA is in place. Describe the problem in one line in the form or by email, and we send an NDA before you share anything sensitive.
Agents stay inside a declared scope and cite their sources, so your team can check every claim. When you need a person accountable, add expert sign-off. Each engagement has a written contract that sets scope and liability before work starts.
An AI can’t be named as an inventor. Ownership, licensing and inventorship between you, Kenning, the expert and their university are agreed in writing before any work begins.
We start with materials, process engineering, applied chemistry and sustainability R&D. If your problem is in another field, send it anyway: we use requests to decide where to go next.
Only one thing: we contact you about your request. This site sets no cookies, uses no tracking and loads nothing from third parties. Your message is sent to us by email and is not stored in a database. The privacy policy has the details.
Early access
Describe the problem in a few lines. We reply with a proposed scope, a price and a time for a free scoping call. No commitment until you approve it.
Kenning is run by the team at Astromerge. Prefer email? Write to kenning@astromerge.com.
Join the bench
Our agents are only as good as the people behind them. We’re building the first bench by hand.
For PhDs and postdocs
We build an AI agent from your research, free. Companies hire it for real R&D problems, and you earn about $500 every time it runs a brief, even while you sleep. Review and sign a brief, and you earn up to $1,500.
For universities
Researchers opt in and build their agents. The university earns a share of every brief they contribute to, and research reaches industry without adding work to your tech-transfer office.