Lumina

Lumina, established in 2023 and located in San Francisco, CA, operates within the consumer B2B industry, focusing on the application of AI technologies to augment scientific research tasks. As a participant in the Y-Combinator W24 batch, the company has quickly positioned itself in the market by leveraging advanced AI capabilities such as deep retrieval and agentic AI. Lumina’s core offerings include features like cited answers, robust extraction tables, agentic search, and an interactive reading experience, all designed to enhance the discovery, extraction, and curation of information from scientific journal articles. With a small team of three, Lumina aims to augment the entire scientific process, from data analysis to experimentation and generating complete articles, aspiring to create a near AGI experience to accelerate scientific progress. The company’s services are currently available in the United States and Canada, targeting a growing user base of over 8000 individuals and entities.