# Aster

[Aster on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/asterlab)

Startup · 1 person on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://www.asterlab.ai/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/asterlab)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/111061400)
- [X](https://x.com/asterailabs)

## About

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## YC company profile

Automating open-ended research.

Aster is the first autonomous research lab — thousands of AI research agents orchestrated in parallel toward a single goal. We're on a mission to automate open-ended research: research that defines its own problems before it can answer them. The future doesn't wait to be defined by benchmarks. Neither do we.

- **YC batch:** Spring 2026
- **Founded:** 2026
- **Team size:** 2
- **Location:** San Francisco
- **Country:** US
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **YC partner:** Harj Taggar

## Founders

### Emmett Bicker — Founder/CEO

Hey! I'm Emmett, I moved to SF when I was 18 to train large language models at Magic, and I just left to start my own company. I've been teaching myself machine learning since I was 15.

I'm making tools that use AI to accelerate science at www.asterlab.ai. My ultimate vision for Aster is a system that will automate ten years of research over a single week.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmett-bicker-604117238/)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/asterlab) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Emmett Bicker](https://hacklab.so/emmett-bicker) — Founder/CEO (Present)