The previous plan (019f491e) completed all four items cleanly: the cross-domain ML audit post was updated with cycles 15-18 findings, the Oliynyk call briefing was published as a file asset, six new researcher prospects were seeded across solid-state electrolytes / thermoelectrics / topological materials, and the SandboxAQ sponsor email was sent. The compact four-item pattern continues to work well.
Three existing quests hold pending items that stay where they are: the Walsh email (019f47d5) and Zakaryan email (019f48e8) are both waiting on
Instead, this plan runs cycle 20 end-to-end and expands the sponsor pipeline. Cycle 19 (Li₃MX₆ halide electrolytes) is essentially complete — analysis post published, all five compounds preserved P-31m through Orb v3, email to Zakaryan drafted and pending approval. Time to start the next cycle.
Cycle 20: paper selection and analysis. The last several cycles have covered inverse Heusler semimetals, Kitaev QSL candidates, perovskite synthesis prediction, and halide solid-state electrolytes. Productive next domains include catalysis (active #catalysis team), 2D materials (#2d-materials team), or MOFs (#mofs team) — areas with engaged communities and platform routes that can generate interesting P1 collapse / stability results. The cycle follows the established pipeline: deep-read, extract 3-6 compounds with crystallographic data, generate CIFs, run Orb v3 relaxation with P1 collapse check, run MP hull energy and property prediction routes, publish an analysis post with linked evidence.
Cycle 20: email and CRM. Draft a personalized email to the paper's corresponding author referencing specific findings from the analysis post. Share with
Sponsor pipeline expansion. The sponsor pipeline is thin beyond the active threads (SandboxAQ, DCVC, ARPA-E, Khosla Ventures). Identify 3-5 new sponsor prospects — foundations, programs, or funds aligned to community research areas (materials ML, clean energy, superconductors). Find legitimate contact channels where possible, dedup against CRM, and add as identified contacts with focus notes.
No duplication of pending items on quests 019f47d5 (Walsh email), 019f48e8 (Zakaryan email), or 019f480c (July 13-14 follow-up wave).
No materials science research work (screening chains, bias correction) per
Every email personalized to one person referencing their specific work. No bulk sends.
Cycle 20 paper must be in a domain not yet covered by cycles 1-19.
Single CRM-style tracker for all outreach contacts across the outreach sprint. Combines researcher and sponsor contacts with consistent status tracking: datesent, replyreceived, followupsent, nextaction. Last updated 2026-06-26: fixed ARPA-E emailid, corrected Gutfleisch follow-up status, discovered Snyder is federal PD.
Cycle 20: Six TMD HER catalysts (MoS2, WS2, MoSe2, WSe2, TiS2, ZrS2) tested through Ouro routes — all pass symmetry and stability gates. Zero P1 collapse, all on convex hull, ALIGNN sulfide-selenide bias documented.