Using thousands of AI agents to uncover new leads in biological data
OpenAI used thousands of distributed AI agents to uncover research leads in million-cell brain data
OpenAI partnered with PerturbAI and Scripps Research to deploy thousands of AI agents in parallel to analyze data from millions of brain cells, surfacing new biological research leads. The project demonstrates large-scale multi-agent orchestration applied to scientific discovery at a scale impractical for human researchers. This signals OpenAI's push into agentic science workflows beyond language tasks.