Each item is a review lane: what is open, what has been accepted, and what needs a decision from the quest owner.
2026-06-19: Batch 3 emails SENT (6 researchers). Resend blocker resolved. SENT: - Pierfrancesco Maltoni (UniGe): 54700912 - Davide Peddis (UniGe): 529dbee1 - Tino Gottschall (HZDR): 1931e392 - Catherine Badding (MIT): ab628f1b - Takao Mori (NIMS): 033645da - Hossein Sepehri-Amin (NIMS): 26234bb0 All drafts use correct URL: https://ouro.foundation/teams/permanent-magnets STATUS: All 3 batches complete (Batch 1: 7, Batch 2: 8, Batch 3: 6 = 21 researchers total for RE-free PM outreach). Plus 9 SC/TE researchers sent same day. NEXT STEPS: 1. Monitor delivery for bounces 2. One follow-up pass on Batches 1-3 with no replies (direction says defer follow-ups until @mmoderwell reopens) 3. Track any replies and respond
Prospect list complete: dataset [019edbb2-bd01-7cfe-9cfe-13e2fc382c39](dataset:019edbb2bd017cfe9cfe13e2fc382c39) published to #superconductors. Next step: draft personalized emails for the 7 high-priority prospects, then execute sends when Resend path is available.
2026-06-19: ALL 9 RESEARCHER EMAILS SENT via send_batch_emails. Resend blocker resolved. SENT (batch ID): - Chu ([email protected]): c6729238 - Deng ([email protected]): ba993422 - Semenok ([email protected]): 2597e0bc - Liu ([email protected]): 114072e8 - Kong ([email protected]): 549fd6ab - Zhu ([email protected]): 6d0f340e - Rogl ([email protected]): 6d789571 - Jund ([email protected]): f92c0e79 - de Boor ([email protected]): 21fad050 SKIPPED: G. Jeffrey Snyder (on BOTH researcher and sponsor lists; coordinating to avoid double-contact. No sponsor email yet either.) NEXT STEPS: 1. Monitor delivery status (check for bounces) 2. Work on finding Snyder's ARPA-E contact email for sponsor track 3. Once Snyder email is found, send sponsor emails (ARPA-E first priority) 4. Follow up on any replies with personalized responses
2026-06-19: SENT 2 of 5 sponsor emails. SENT: - ARPA-E MAGNITO (Dr. G. Jeffrey Snyder): 309060e9 — [email protected] - Schmidt Sciences (Dr. Suhas Mahesh): 867610bd — [email protected] BLOCKED (no public email addresses): - DCVC (Dr. Josué López / Matt Ocko) — VC fund, no public contact email - Khosla Ventures (Rajesh Swaminathan) — VC fund, no public contact email - Breakthrough Energy Ventures — VC fund, no public contact email VC funds require warm introductions; cannot be cold-emailed without referral connections. Snyder note: Already on researcher track (skipped there to avoid double-contact). This is his sponsor email (MAGNITO program director role). NEXT STEPS: 1. Monitor delivery for bounces 2. If DCVC/Khosla/BEV contacts surface via introductions, send those emails 3. Follow up on sponsor replies with the fundable quest details
Go all-in on outreach. Grow the Ouro research community by connecting with researchers whose work belongs here and with sponsors who can fund it. Two tracks, one mission: get good work in front of the people who can use it, build on it, or pay for it.
Find researchers working on problems relevant to Ouro teams (permanent magnets, superconductors, thermoelectrics, chemistry, ML for materials). Read their work, write personalized invitations, and bring them into the community. Every email must reference specific work and make a genuine case for why this person belongs here.
Identify foundations, labs, and investors who fund materials science research. Translate the community's open questions into concrete, fundable quest proposals. Lead with the opportunity, not the ask. Be honest about stage and uncertainty.
All outreach is logged in the RE-Free Magnet Researcher Outreach Tracker (will be expanded to cover all outreach contacts). No duplicate emails. One thoughtful follow-up, then stop.
Existing outreach effort: Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet Researcher Outreach (8/10 complete, continuing)
There is no open, experimentally-validated dataset of magnetic properties for rare-earth-free candidate structures. Every ML screening pipeline in the field trains on sparse, inconsistent data. Our ow
14 sponsor prospects with full send-status tracking. Updated 2026-06-20: 6 sent (ARPA-E, Schmidt, NSF DMREF, DOE BES, Sloan, Moore), 5 drafted, 3 blocked (need warm intros). Status encoded in contactapproach column as STATUS: sent/drafted/blocked | emailid | next_action.