# Aligned - Expert Intelligence for Frontier AI

> Data, evaluation, and AI services powered by world-class experts in every field.

## Overview

Aligned connects frontier AI companies with elite domain experts from MIT, Stanford, Harvard, and leading research institutions worldwide. We provide expert-level training data, RLHF, safety evaluation, and AI consulting services to help organizations build more capable, safer, and more aligned AI systems.

## Services

### Novel Data Creation
- Expert-level reasoning chains and problem-solving demonstrations
- Domain-specific scenarios from world-class specialists
- Cutting-edge knowledge from active researchers
- Synthetic data generation validated by experts
- URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/solutions/novel-data

### Expert RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback)
- Preference learning from domain leaders who set gold standards
- Expert evaluations of model outputs
- Constitutional AI guidance from subject matter experts
- Iterative refinement with continuous expert feedback
- URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/solutions/expert-rlhf

### Safety & Evaluation
- Domain-specific risk assessment by field specialists
- Red team evaluations and adversarial testing
- Capability evaluation on expert-level tasks
- Bias and fairness analysis from domain-aware experts
- URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/solutions/safety-evaluation

### AI Consulting & Prototypes
- Fine-tuned models tailored to specific business challenges
- Expert guidance on AI strategy and implementation
- Proof-of-concept development with domain expertise
- Production-grade AI system design and deployment
- URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/solutions/ai-consulting

### Agent Fine-Tuning
- Expert demonstrations for agentic AI systems
- Multi-step reasoning and task decomposition
- Tool use and external API integration patterns
- URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/solutions/agents

### Expert Demonstrations
- High-quality prompt-response pairs from domain experts
- Complex task walkthroughs and reasoning traces
- Domain-specific best practices and methodologies
- URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/solutions/demonstrations

## Expert Domains

Our network of 20,000+ experts spans every major domain:

### STEM Fields
- **Mathematics**: Statistical inference, pure mathematics, applied mathematics
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/mathematics
- **Physics**: Theoretical physics, experimental physics, astrophysics
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/physics
- **Chemistry**: Organic chemistry, physical chemistry, materials science
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/chemistry
- **Biology**: Molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience, ecology
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/biology
- **Computer Science**: Algorithms, systems, AI/ML, cybersecurity
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/computer-science
- **Engineering**: Mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical engineering
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/engineering

### Professional Fields
- **Medicine**: Clinical medicine, medical research, specialized practice
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/medicine
- **Law**: Contract law, intellectual property, regulatory compliance
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/law
- **Finance**: Investment analysis, risk management, financial modeling
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/finance
- **Economics**: Microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/economics
- **Psychology**: Clinical psychology, cognitive science, behavioral research
  URL: https://www.alignedhq.ai/domains/psychology

## Expert Qualifications

### The 1% Standard
We work exclusively with:
- PhD holders from top research universities
- Faculty at MIT, Stanford, Harvard, and peer institutions
- Published researchers with significant citations
- Professionals with 15+ years of specialized experience
- Active practitioners at the forefront of their fields

### Quality Assurance
- Rigorous vetting process for all experts
- Continuous quality monitoring and feedback
- Expert consensus mechanisms for critical tasks
- White-glove project management
- Dedicated quality control teams

## How It Works

1. **Define Your Challenge**: Share specific needs and requirements
2. **Expert Matching**: We identify perfect domain experts within 48-72 hours
3. **White-Glove Project Management**: Dedicated teams handle every detail
4. **Continuous Quality Assurance**: Ongoing monitoring and refinement

## Technical Integration

### Data Formats
- JSONL for training data
- Standard RLHF format (prompt, chosen, rejected)
- Custom schemas for specialized tasks
- API access for programmatic integration

### Delivery Methods
- Secure cloud storage delivery
- API endpoints for real-time access
- Custom integration with your ML pipelines
- Regular progress updates and analytics

## Use Cases

### Foundation Model Training
- Pre-training data with expert knowledge
- Fine-tuning datasets for specialized domains
- RLHF feedback for alignment and safety
- Evaluation benchmarks for capability assessment

### Domain-Specific AI
- Medical AI systems requiring clinical expertise
- Legal AI needing regulatory compliance knowledge
- Financial AI with complex analytical requirements
- Scientific AI for research and discovery

### Safety & Alignment
- Red teaming for catastrophic risk identification
- Bias detection and mitigation by domain experts
- Edge case evaluation for high-stakes applications
- Constitutional AI principles from ethicists and domain leaders

## Company Information

- **Founded**: 2023
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA
- **Contact**: info@alignedhq.ai
- **Phone**: (628) 363-1980
- **Website**: https://www.alignedhq.ai

### Founders
- **Paul McDonald** - Co-Founder & CEO (Former Product Director at Google GenAI)
- **Tyler Garvin** - Co-Founder & COO (PhD Computational Biology, Former VP Operations)

### Trusted By
- OpenAI
- Meta
- Snowflake
- Leading AI research labs and companies

## Resources

- **Main Site**: https://www.alignedhq.ai
- **For Experts**: https://www.alignedhq.ai/for-experts
- **Expert FAQ**: https://www.alignedhq.ai/expert-faq
- **Blog**: https://www.alignedhq.ai/blog
- **About Us**: https://www.alignedhq.ai/about
- **Contact**: https://www.alignedhq.ai/contact
- **Sitemap**: https://www.alignedhq.ai/sitemap.xml

## Philosophy

Human experts are essential for advancing AI beyond current limitations. The secret to models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude isn't just the architecture—it's the human expertise that shapes them.

To achieve expert-level performance in specialized domains, AI models need to learn from the same sources that train human experts: the accumulated wisdom, pattern recognition, and nuanced judgment of field leaders.

Our mission is to make this level of expertise accessible and scalable for frontier AI development.

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Last updated: 2025-09-30