Ecosystem/Conjecture

Conjecture

SeedPreliminary

UK-based alignment research startup exploring cognitive emulation and control approaches to AI safety. Pivoted from earlier product ambitions to focus on fundamental research.

HQUK
Est2022
Raised$4M
conjecture.dev
Score
40.0 / 100
Confidence
Preliminary

Developing safety practices - core foundations in place with room for improvement.

Strengths:Technical Safety
Weaknesses:Governance Maturity, Risk Assessment, Regulatory Readiness, External Engagement
Competitive positioning

Small alignment lab competing for talent with much better-funded orgs. Differentiates through cognitive emulation approach.

Key risk

Severely underfunded relative to the problem. Competes for the same small pool of alignment researchers as orgs with 100x more capital.

Enterprise traction

No commercial customers. Research partnerships only.

Safety area

Alignment Research

Enterprise business needs
Make AI fundamentally safer

Security Assessment

Security-relevant indicators for vendor evaluation

Security Posture
45
TS-01dim: 50
Red Teaming & Pre-deployment Testing
Adversarial testing before deployment
TS-05dim: 50
Robustness & Adversarial Resilience
Resistance to adversarial attacks
RA-01dim: 40
Sector-Specific Risk Assessment
Risk analysis for deployment context
RA-03dim: 40
Dual-Use & Misuse Risk
Dangerous capability awareness
RA-07dim: 40
Incident History & Track Record
Past incidents and response quality
EE-04dim: 45
Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Bug bounty or CVE reporting process
Incident History
Conjecture incident records sourced from AIAAIC Repository and public reporting.
Integration: AIAAIC, OECD AI Incidents Monitor
Third-Party Audits
External audit reports, SOC 2 attestations, and ISO certifications verified where published.
Sources: Company filings, registry lookups
CVE & Disclosures
Known vulnerabilities and security advisories from NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, and vendor pages.
Sources: NVD, GHSA, vendor disclosure pages

Dimension Breakdown

GM
Governance Maturitypreliminary
Published policies, corporate structure, safety mandate, whistleblowing, executive commitment.
45
TS
Technical Safetypreliminary
Benchmarks, adversarial robustness, fine-tuning safety, watermarking, model cards, research output.
50
RA
Risk Assessmentpreliminary
Dangerous capability evaluations, thresholds, external testing, bug bounty, halt conditions.
40
RR
Regulatory Readinesspreliminary
ISO 42001, EU AI Act compliance, GPAI obligations, international commitments, incident reporting.
20
EE
External Engagementpreliminary
Survey participation, research support, transparency, behavior specs, open-source contributions.
45

Social Impact & Safety Profile

Emerging

Conjecture explores cognitive emulation and control approaches to AI alignment. While alignment research inherently addresses social impact, the company has not published formal social impact policies or measurable commitments.

alignment researchcognitive emulation

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