Conjecture

Conjecture is an AI safety and alignment research company founded in March 2022 in London by Connor Leahy, Sid Black, and Gabriel Alfour, who previously co-founded EleutherAI. The company focuses on solving the AI control problem — building AI architectures that are safe, auditable, and controllable at scale — through its Cognitive Emulation (CoEm) research agenda, which aims to create AI systems that behave predictably and transparently. Conjecture builds both state-of-the-art large language models and the infrastructure needed to wrap those models in controllable, auditable systems, targeting enterprises and customers who require AI that acts in consistent and safe ways. The company's mission is to ensure that the development of advanced AI technology benefits humanity by designing safety directly into the AI architecture rather than applying it as an afterthought.