Yongchao Chen
Founder
Self-evolving foundation models for open-ended scientific discovery
Apex Intelligence is a Beijing-based foundation model research lab building self-evolving AI systems aimed at open-ended scientific discovery and recursive self-improvement. Founded in June 2026 by Yongchao Chen, the company focuses on training models that can generate research hypotheses, run experiments, and iterate. Public materials highlight work across AI-for-AI and AI-for-math research, including ASI-Bench.
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