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Building tools and networks for collective sensemaking

Information abundance is far outpacing our capacity to make sense of it. While artificial intelligence excels at processing data, it can't determine who to trust, which insights matter, or what they mean for solving real-world problems. For these we need collective sensemaking - the synthesis of knowledge distributed among many individuals - to transform information overload into collective understanding.

Cosmik is helping create the research networks to support this future: open, collaborative, and built for rapid feedback and iteration. We're designing for AI-augmented social knowledge networks that are machine-readable and delightful to use.

Beyond technology, we are also co-creating the ecosystem necessary for systems change - building a network of organizations and catalyzing the movements that will transform how research is shared, recognized, and who can participate in it.

Projects

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Semble

A social knowledge network for researchers

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2025

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Events

  • ๐Ÿ“† Jun. 18, 2026 (panel w/ Richard Sever, Joel Chan & Ronen Tamari, mod. Sandeep Patel): "Frontiers in Research: Open Science" [notes, recording]
  • ๐Ÿ“† Jun. 7-11, 2026 (MIRA Workshop @ Ireland): a 4-day workshop with researchers, developers & field builders designing a new modular medium for research. Follow our progress at mira.science
  • ๐Ÿ“† Apr. 28, 2026 (STAMINA @ McGill University): "From Social Networks to Sensemaking Networks" [slides, recording]
  • ๐Ÿ“† Mar. 28, 2026 (AtmosphereConf @ Vancouver): "Semble: Rediscovering the Magic of Trails" [slides, recording]
  • ๐Ÿ“† Mar. 27, 2026 (ATScience @ Vancouver): "Semble: A social knowledge network for research" [slides, recording]
  • ๐Ÿ“† Dec. 15, 2025 (AGU 2025 @ online): "Building Collective Intelligence Networks for Flourishing Scientific Communities" [slides, recording]
  • ๐Ÿ“† Dec. 4, 2025 (Berkman Klein Center Applied Social Media Lab @ Cambridge, MA)
  • ๐Ÿ“† Dec. 2, 2025 (W3C Credentials Community Group @ online)

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Cosmik is fiscally sponsored by Homeworld Collective

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