Andrew White is a chemical engineering professor and AI-for-science researcher who co-founded both FutureHouse and Edison Scientific. Andrew White's Twitter Score is 43 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #21,718 (top 5%) among 487,142 tracked accounts.
Andrew White co-founded FutureHouse, a nonprofit independent research organization established to build and validate AI systems for scientific discovery, alongside Sam Rodriques. He also co-founded Edison Scientific, a commercial spinout of FutureHouse launched in November 2025 to develop and deploy its AI Scientist for commercial applications, where he serves as CTO. The two organizations operate independently with separate missions and governance, though they share office space and FutureHouse has access to Edison's technology.
Andrew White works at the University of Rochester as Visiting Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. His AI-for-science work includes projects such as ChemCrow, ether0, and PaperQA, per Edison Scientific. FutureHouse credits support from Eric and Wendy Schmidt, Open Philanthropy, the National Science Foundation, and the AI Safety Institute as enabling its early years. Edison Scientific announced a seed round of $70 million in December 2025, led by Triatomic Capital, Spark Capital, and an unnamed major US institutional biotech investor, with participation from Pillar VC, Susa Ventures, Striker Venture Partners, Hawktail VC, and Olive VC. Andrew White has 33,567 followers as of September 2026 and has published 7,030 posts. He has been mentioned by 14 accounts a total of 17 times.
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