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Our Mission

Built for the pace of discovery.

We think scientists deserve software that gets out of the way, instead of slowing the work down to manage it.

One result, fully traced

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Why Conspecta

The work is connected. The tools aren't.

Research teams rely on a patchwork of disconnected tools. Image analysis happens in one application, while samples are tracked in spreadsheets and freezer logs. Project plans end up on whiteboards, and figures get recreated by hand in slide decks. Nothing connects any of it, and reproducing results months later becomes guesswork.

When researchers spend their time managing tools, they're not focused on the science. And when information is lost between applications, results become difficult to trace and reproduce. We saw an opportunity to change that: one purpose-built platform where everything stays connected every step of the way.

con·spec·ta

Latin — to catch sight of, observe, perceive, behold.

The problem, in numbers

The hard part is the data

Too much of what a lab produces ends up scattered, hard to reproduce, and expensive to get wrong. Bringing it into one connected place is what makes it trustworthy again.

70%+

of researchers have failed to reproduce another scientist's experiments, and more than half have failed to reproduce their own.

Source: Nature, survey of 1,576 researchers (2016) (opens in new tab)

$28B

spent every year, in the United States alone, on preclinical research that cannot be reproduced.

Source: PLOS Biology (2015) (opens in new tab)

Our approach

Built to keep the trail intact

Most tools each own one slice of the workflow and leave the connections to you. Conspecta is built the other way around. The connections between samples, results, and decisions are the product.

One platform, one data layer

Planning, samples, image analysis, notebooks, and figures run as focused workspaces over a single shared data layer, so work moves between them without being copied, exported, or retyped.

Provenance, maintained as you work

Every result stays linked to the sample, settings, and decisions that produced it. The trail that makes a result defensible is built automatically, in the moment, not reconstructed later.

Reproducible by default

Because that context stays connected, anyone can retrace how a number was produced months or years on, without piecing it together from file names, folders, and memory.

How We Work

Principles that guide everything we build

  • Curiosity

    We stay students. The best solutions come from asking better questions.

  • First Principles Thinking

    We question assumptions and build from the ground up, not from convention.

  • Simplicity

    Complex problems deserve elegant solutions. We eliminate friction.

  • Craftsmanship

    We care deeply about the details. Quality isn't negotiable.

  • Build What We Use

    We run Conspecta on Conspecta. It's only as good as our own experience.

  • Continuous Improvement

    Good enough today isn't good enough tomorrow. We iterate relentlessly.

Where we're headed

From approachable tools to deep discovery

  1. Now

    Advanced tools, made approachable

    The most powerful tools in science are usually the hardest to use. We take that power and make it approachable, so a scientist can run a serious analysis without writing code or handing it to a specialist.

  2. Next

    Automated workflows

    The repetitive work runs itself. Routine steps get automated and figures come straight from your data, with AI working in the background, built into the tools you already use.

  3. Later

    Collaborative discovery

    Ask a question and a team of AI agents takes it on, reasoning across your project to generate hypotheses, weigh the evidence for and against each one, and propose the experiment that would answer it. They think with you, not for you, exploring more than you could ever chase alone.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Conspecta for?
Research teams in academia and industry who work with images, samples, or both, and anyone who needs to go from raw data to interpretable, shareable results without stitching together a pile of disconnected tools.
What does Conspecta replace?
The patchwork most labs assemble: a desktop image tool, spreadsheets for samples, a notebook or doc, a separate stats and graphing package, slide decks, and a project board. Conspecta brings those jobs into one connected platform.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Conspecta runs in the browser on any operating system, and storage, backups, and updates are handled for you, so there's nothing to install and nothing tied to one machine.
Is my research data secure and private?
Yes. Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest, isolated per project, automatically backed up, stored in the United States, and never sold or used to train our models. See our security and privacy practices.
Do I own my data, and can I get it out?
Your data is always yours. You can export everything at any time in standard, open formats, and we don't lock your research in.
Can my whole lab work in Conspecta together?
Yes. Conspecta is built for teams. Projects are shared, work stays in one place, and each member sees the projects they belong to.

Want to learn more?

We'd love to hear from you. Reach out and we'll walk you through how Conspecta can help your team.

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