Funded by the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation, the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI) aims to grow transformative AI advances, reform research workflows, and increase astronomy and AI accessibility through developments in four fundamental AI pillars: trustworthiness, robustness, explainability, and efficiency.

The CosmicAI Institute unites researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, University of Utah, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), National Optical and Infrared Research Laboratory (NOIRLab), University of California Los Angeles, and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.