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> [!custom] PLASTIC IS HIRING!
> [[Working at Plastic|Open positions here]].

Welcome.

Here you'll find our blog, research, and public notes. You can also [engage with the ideas directly](https://github.com/plastic-labs/blog).

[Plastic](https://plasticlabs.ai) is an engineering-driven AI lab building at the intersection of machine learning and cognitive science.

Our focus is developing systems that map personal identity using AI-native memory & social cognition. These systems enable individually-aligned agents you can trust to act autonomously and agents with rich identities all their own.

The foundational layer of intelligence being built is just the beginning. Latent among the scores of specialized secondary and tertiary layers yet to be realized exists one for personal identity. 

We're building it.
# Guide
We post a few different types of content here:
  
- [[blog | Blog]] -- Deep dives into the philosophy, cognitive science, machine learning, & development underpinning our projects
- [[careers | Careers]] -- Open positions at Plastic Labs
- [[notes | Evergreen Notes]] -- Short form working notes on Plastic theses
- [[extrusions | Extrusions]] -- Brief, densely-linked reflections synthesizing recent conceptual work
- [[releases | Release Notes]] -- Changelogs & details on new product features  
- [[research | Research]] -- Formal published, preprint, or blog-style company research we've made public

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# Projects
If you find the content here compelling, explore our active projects:

- [Honcho](https://honcho.dev) — AI-native memory, reasoning, & socialcog platform for apps & agents → #honcho
- [YouSim](https://yousim.ai) -- Honcho-powered infinite identity simulator → #yousim
- [Penny for Your Thoughts](https://www.pennyforyourthoughts.ai/) -- Honcho/x402-powered personal expertise market → #penny
- [Bloom](https://bloombot.ai) — Honcho-powered learning companion → #bloom
- [Xeno Grant](https://x.com/xenograntai) - Direct to agent grants program → #grants