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Crowdfight

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Crowdfight

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Crowdfight is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 3 times across 3 issues between December 28, 2021 and June 18, 2025. The archive places it in contexts such as “Crowdfight (or whatever the final name turns out to be) aims to take requests like this”; “Crowdfight continues to work on its platform. They have hired a project manager”; “Crowdfight - a platform for scientific collaborations continues to look for more funding”. It most often appears alongside 1DaySooner, African Swine Fever, Alice Evans.

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  • Category: Organizations
  • Mention count: 3
  • Issue count: 3
  • First seen: December 28, 2021
  • Last seen: June 18, 2025

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

ACX Grants Results
December 28, 2021 · Original source
Alfonso Escudero, $75,000, to create a platform for scientific collaborations. Alfonso and his team already made something like this for COVID research, which got 40,000 scientists to sign up, matched collaborator requests to experts willing to help, and resulted in some useful papers. Now they want to expand this model to other types of science. My father has been stalled on an important research project for years for lack of the right kind of statistician; Crowdfight (or whatever the final name turns out to be) aims to take requests like this and process them within 72 hours. I regret only being able to fund this at the minimum level, but I'm pretty sure that once they're up and running they'll be able to prove their value to richer people's satisfaction. You can also contribute by donating, by joining their community (if you want to be matched with scientists who might need your expertise) or, if you’re a professional scientist, by using their service to find a collaborator (it's free).
Inline links: something like this, some useful papers, donating, joining their community, using their service to find a collaborator
ACX Grants: Project Updates
November 04, 2022 · Original source
17: Crowdfight - A Platform To Create Scientific Collaborations (4/10) Crowdfight continues to work on its platform. They have hired a project manager and are trying to decrease their response time and the workload on their volunteers. They say that the main bottlenecks are interest from scientists and more funding. If you are interested in helping fund this project, please get in touch with them.
Inline links: Crowdfight
Crowdfight - a platform for scientific collaborations continues to look for more funding. If interested, get in touch with them at their webpage.
Inline links: their webpage
ACX Grants 1-3 Year Updates
June 18, 2025 · Original source
17: Crowdfight - A Platform To Create Scientific Collaborations
Crowdfight is a platform to facilitate scientific collaborations, especially high-value collaborations that would not emerge naturally. We aim to transform the way scientists see collaboration, from the current mutually beneficial view where both collaborators must be interested in the project to a more altruistic one, where one scientists helps in the project of another scientist. These collaborations are relatively to establish and very productive, typically costing very little to the scientist who helps, and adding a lot of value to the project. We operate by receiving requests from scientists who look for help in their project, and finding suitable matches with the adequate expertise. The ACX grant covers our operating costs, allowing us to offer this service for free to the scientific community.
Inline links: Crowdfight