Independent research groupEst. 2026

Enneper AIResearch,
without the institution.

Enneper AI is an independent AI research group working on AI systems, efficient inference, reliable computing, and AI for scientific discovery—built as a place where independent researchers can meet and work together.

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01 / Purpose

Why Enneper

Independent does not have to mean alone.

Starting research on your own can be exciting—and intimidating. Without a lab around you, it can be difficult to find people who understand the question, can challenge an experiment, or simply want to build alongside you.

Enneper AI is an inclusive meeting place for people who began independently. We share early work, learn from one another, and form small project teams around questions that can be tested, reproduced, and made public.

02 / Research directions

What we work on

Following intelligence through the systems that make it possible.

Our agenda is deliberately narrow enough to test and broad enough to connect hardware, software, model behavior, and scientific use.

Reliable AI systems

Measuring where serving stacks, deployment changes, and shifting context alter model behavior—and surfacing those risks before they become production failures.

EvaluationServingSafety

Hardware & numerical behavior

Understanding how accelerator arithmetic, precision, kernels, and portability shape correctness, performance, and reproducibility.

TPUKernelsNumerics

AI for scientific discovery

Applying long-context and systems methods to domains where better representations and reliable computation can expose new scientific structure.

GenomicsLong contextMethods

Independent research infrastructure

Developing practical patterns for solo researchers: scoped collaborations, reproducible artifacts, compute-aware experiments, and public technical communication.

Open artifactsReproducibilityCommunity

03 / The group

Why it began

A place to begin independently—and build together.

Enneper AI was founded by Gianluigi Vitale. When he started working on research independently, finding collaborators and knowing where to begin felt intimidating. He created the group so that others starting on their own could meet, exchange ideas, and turn promising questions into projects together.

Today we are independent researchers connected by curiosity, mutual support, and a shared commitment to careful work. An affiliation is welcome, but never required.

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What we are focusing on

01Systems & serving

02Hardware & numerical behavior

03Reliability & safety

04Scientific discovery

01Ask a precise question.

02Build the smallest credible test.

03Make the evidence inspectable.

04Share what survives.

01ResearchQuestions and methods 02ProjectsPublished and ongoing work 03PublicationsPapers and manuscripts 04PeopleFounder and collaborators 05AboutWhy the group exists

04 / Open call

For independent researchers

Bring the question you cannot stop thinking about.

You may be between institutions, working after hours, changing fields, or simply choosing to work independently. You do not need a polished paper or a complete set of results—just a question you care about and a willingness to work openly with others.

This is likely a fit if you:

have a concrete research question, not only a general interest;
can contribute technically, experimentally, or through domain expertise;
value reproducible work and honest negative results;
want to meet peers and build a focused project together.