How Benchling builds agents when the smartest AI isn't smart enough

Nicholas Larus-Stone, the Head of AI at Benchling, discusses the development and impact of Benchling AI, a chat-based intelligence layer for scientific research, in a conversation with Harrison Chase, Co-Founder & CEO of LangChain. Benchling AI, launched in October 2025, utilizes multiple AI models from different providers to enhance data quality and minimize errors, as diverse models tend to make different mistakes. The platform emphasizes the importance of clean data and structured production trace reviews, using user feedback and weekly evaluations to address issues. Larus-Stone notes the significant impact of agents in accelerating scientific workflows, reducing the number of experiments and time needed to achieve results. Benchling's approach also highlights the parallels between understanding large language models and biological processes, suggesting that AI agents are beginning to reshape scientific research methodologies and could potentially lead to novel discoveries in the future.

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