Work with the commons, on the terms of the commons.
Organizations engage Aitele through three doors: sponsored research, technology licensing, and long-running partnerships. Every engagement flows through the same shared-IP compact. There are no bespoke contracts for each problem.
Sponsored Research
Route a problem to the relevant lab. Fellows opt in. You fund the work; the output is co-owned under the compact. You receive royalty-free internal use and preferred licensing terms.
- —Engagements from 3 months to multi-year
- —Fellows remain independent — no staffing
- —Output publishes under Aitele affiliation
Technology Licensing
License an existing piece of IP — a model, an algorithm, a process — developed inside the commons. Terms are uniform across licensees of similar scope.
- —Exclusive and non-exclusive licenses
- —Field-of-use scoped deals available
- —Proceeds split per the compact
Long Partnerships
A standing relationship across multiple problems and multiple years. Reserved for organizations whose research agenda is substantial enough to justify it.
- —Co-designed research roadmap
- —First look at relevant ventures
- —A seat in an annual convening
Because you are not buying hours. You are buying into a peer group.
Selected minds, not staffed ones.
The fellow working on your problem is there because they chose to be. That produces a different quality of attention than a billable-hour model can.
One compact, every engagement.
The same terms apply to every partner. No side letters, no exotic splits, no IP negotiations per problem.
The output is the point.
We are measured on what ships, not what's reported. Partner work is held to the same standard as the rest of the commons.
Optionality, not lock-in.
You fund a question, not a vendor. If the research becomes a venture, you get first-look terms; if not, you still get the work.
Tell us the problem, not the brief.
Alternatively, write to hello@aiteleresearch.com. A fellow will respond — not a business-development intermediary.