Founded at HarvardInvested by Mayo Clinic Research

Automate your lab. Extract your data. Agentic AI for labs.

Survon Aieia is an autonomous AI agent that operates any software, monitoring system, or data tool running on a computer, exactly like a trained human operator would. No APIs, no integrations, no vendor cooperation required.

Scientist working at a laboratory instrument

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Why Aieia

Works with any software.

Lab software is fragmented, proprietary, and rarely designed for automation. Aieia does not need an API or an integration. It sees the screen the way a human user does and acts on it.

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Works with any software on screen

If your instrument software runs on a computer and a human can operate it, Aieia can operate it too. Chromatography systems, sequencers, microscope controllers, plate readers, LIMS. All supported with minimal setup and configuration.

Thermo Fisher Agilent Waters Zeiss Leica Nikon Olympus Bruker Illumina Any LIMS Any ELN
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Monitors and acts, not just watches

Aieia does not just log what it sees. It can detect dynamic conditions such as threshold breaches, errors, and unexpected states, and execute a defined recovery or response protocol automatically, without involving an operator.

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Extracts structured data from any interface

Aieia reads values, tables, charts, and readouts directly from the screen and produces clean, structured data outputs such as Markdown format, Word, or Excel. No export API needed. Works with software that has no data export functionality at all.

Chromatograms Sequencing runs Plate readouts Microscopy logs Incubator parameters

Use cases

What labs are using Aieia for

From unattended overnight runs to real-time quality checks, Aieia handles the workflows that consume operator time and do not add scientific value. The examples below are just a few of the workflows Aieia can run.

🔭 Microscopy
Live demo available

Thermal drift monitoring and recovery

Aieia monitors timelapse imaging sessions in real time, detecting thermal drift by evaluating focus quality and Z-axis values across frames. When drift is detected, it executes the recovery protocol defined by the operator: autofocus, Z-stack search, stage adjustment. The timelapse continues without interruption and without waking anyone up.

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🧫 Plate reader
Live demo available

Automated well identification and flagging

Aieia scans plate reader outputs, identifies wells that fall outside defined thresholds such as low signal, high background, and contamination flags, and logs them for user review. Can also trigger a re-scan or initiate a defined response protocol for flagged wells automatically.

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⚗️ Chromatography

Automated run setup and data extraction

Aieia configures HPLC or GC runs according to a defined method, monitors run progress, and extracts peak data, retention times, and quantification results directly from the software interface when the run completes. Results are structured and saved locally (in Markdown text, Word, or Excel) for downstream analysis.

HPLC Run 004: Extracted
✓ Complete
Peak 1 RT4.21 min
Peak 2 RT9.84 min
Peak 1 area482,310 mAU
Purity98.6%
🧪 Bioreactor and incubator

Unattended process monitoring with automated response

Aieia watches temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and other process parameters displayed in bioreactor or incubator control software. When a value drifts outside a defined range, Aieia executes the operator-defined response: adjusting setpoints, logging an alert, or initiating a corrective sequence. No operator presence required.

Bioreactor 2 · Run 14 · 36h elapsed
Monitoring
Temperature
37.1 °C
Target: 37.0 °C
pH
6.82
Target: 7.0 ± 0.1
Dissolved O₂
42%
Target: 40%
Agitation
180 rpm
Target: 180 rpm
! pH 6.82 below lower limit (6.90)
Base addition initiated. Setpoint adjusted.
pH recovering. Logging event.
Want to see Aieia on your own software?
We can run a live demo on your instrument software. Contact us to request one.
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How it works

See. Analyze. Act.
Repeat.

01

Aieia sees the screen

Aieia takes a screenshot of whatever is on the instrument computer's screen, exactly as a human operator would look at it. No plugin, no driver, no API access to the instrument software. If it is visible on screen, Aieia can read it.

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It reasons about what to do

Enterprise-grade AI analyzes the screenshot alongside your task instructions, identifies the current state, determines the correct next action, and checks whether prior steps succeeded. All in minutes.

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It acts on the software

Aieia uses the mouse and keyboard to interact with the instrument software: clicking buttons, entering values, navigating menus, initiating protocols, like how a trained human operator would. No special access required.

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It loops until the task is done

After each action, Aieia takes a new screenshot and verifies the result. It continues looping, monitoring, deciding, acting, until the task is complete, a condition is met, or an operator intervenes. Fully unattended.

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Controlled locally or via the Aieia Web Portal

Tasks can be started and stopped locally on the computer or remotely via the Aieia Web Portal. The portal is used only for task dispatch and control. All logs, extracted data, and session records remain entirely on the local instrument computer for privacy and security.

Live task log: local device
1Screenshot captured. Microscope control panel visible.
2Navigated to timelapse settings. Interval: 5 min.
3Timelapse started. Frame 1 acquired. Focus: 94.
47Frame 47 acquired. Focus: 91. Status: nominal.
112!Focus score 67. Drift threshold exceeded. Initiating recovery.
113Autofocus panel opened. Z-stack search initiated.
114Focus restored. Score: 93. Timelapse resumed.
118Frame 118 acquired. Focus: 92. Status: nominal.
119Awaiting frame 119…

Aieia Lab Network

For research institutes,
universities, and coworking labs

The Aieia Lab Network is a program for research institutes, university core facilities, and coworking lab spaces to offer Survon Aieia to their users as part of their instrument and facility access offering.

Member labs pay Survon directly. Users access Aieia through the institute's facility, with no individual subscription required. Institutes can offer Aieia as part of instrument booking, overnight run packages, or facility membership benefits.

The Aieia Web Portal gives facility managers visibility into running tasks across all connected instrument computers, without accessing any local data, which stays on each instrument machine.

Enquire about the Lab Network
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University core facilities

Offer unattended instrument runs to PIs and students as a facility service.

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Coworking lab spaces

Add Aieia to your instrument access offering. Members run and manage experiments autonomously.

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Research institutes

Deploy Aieia across multiple labs. Centralised control, fully local data.

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Any instrument, any software

One program covers your entire instrument fleet, regardless of vendor or software.

Network benefits
✓  Single institute-level agreement with Survon
✓  Transparent credit billing
✓  Aieia Web Portal for facility-wide task management
✓  All user data remains on local computers
✓  No per-user accounts or individual sign-ups required

OEM and instrument manufacturers

Add autonomous AI to
your instrument.

Survon Aieia is available for licensing by instrument manufacturers and OEMs who want to offer autonomous operation, monitoring, and data extraction as a feature of their product, without building AI infrastructure themselves.

Aieia runs alongside your instrument software on the same workstation, seeing the screen and operating your software exactly as an experienced user would. No changes to your software architecture are required. No API integration work. No SDK.

  • Aieia operates your existing software. No changes to your product.
  • Licensed per device per annum, plus transparent usage-based billing.
  • Branded as Survon Aieia. OEM-specific workflows configurable.
  • All data processed and stored locally on the instrument workstation.
  • Remote task dispatch and control via the Aieia Web Portal.
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How Aieia integrates with your product
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Aieia Web Portal
Task dispatch and stop. Device management. No data access.
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Survon Aieia, running on workstation
Sees screen. Analyzes. Acts. Logs locally.
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Your instrument software
Unchanged. Aieia uses mouse and keyboard to operate it.
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Your instrument hardware
Controlled by your software as normal.

Security and data privacy

Your data stays on
your instrument computer.

Aieia is designed from the ground up to keep research data where it belongs: on your local machine. The Aieia Web Portal is used only for task control. Nothing else leaves the device.

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Fully local data storage

All logs, extracted data, screenshots, and session records are stored locally on the instrument computer. Nothing is stored on Survon servers. Your IT team and data governance policies remain in full control.

Nothing leaves the device
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Portal for control only

The Aieia Web Portal sends task instructions to connected devices and can stop running tasks. That is all. It cannot read experiment and audit logs, access extracted data, or retrieve any information from the instrument computer.

No data access via portal
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Zero retention policy

Screenshots and task instructions are sent to AI for reasoning to determine the next action. We operate a zero data retention policy. Data is not stored or used for model training.

Zero retention policy
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No background services

Aieia runs directly on the workstation with no installation required. It does not run background services, does not expose network ports, and only communicates outbound over standard HTTPS for task instructions and AI inference.

Minimal network footprint
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Private Cloud Routing available

For labs with strict data governance requirements, Private Cloud Routing routes AI inference through your own AWS or Google Cloud account, governed by your existing cloud agreement. Contact us for details.

For enterprise deployments
Aieia Web Portal screenshot

ROI Calculator

How many hours a week does your team spend on instrument runs and data collection?

Drag to your number. See what that time costs you, then see what Aieia charges.

10
hours per week
1 hr40 hrs
My team is mostly

Your team's time on this costs

$23,500
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How we calculated this Weekly hours multiplied by 50 working weeks, then by your team's burdened hourly rate (base salary plus approximately 30% fringe benefits). 10 hrs/wk x 50 wks x $47/hr = $23,500/yr Rates: BLS 2025 medians + 30% fringe. Lab tech $30/hr, postdoc $47/hr, research scientist $65/hr.

500 hours per year at $47 per hour

Aieia automates it.
Pre-paid credits, starting at $250 for 50 runs.

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Reflects operator time costs only. Credit needs vary by run volume and workflow.
Annual device fee applies separately.


Pricing

Transparent and predictable. Always.

Aieia pricing has two components: an annual fee per device, plus pre-paid credit bundles billed per run. No seat licences. No platform fees. No opaque enterprise quotes.

One credit covers one complete run — an automation task or an analysis report. Price per run starts from USD 2.50. Only successful runs and runs aborted by the user are billed. Failed runs and very short runs are never charged.

Aieia Lab Network and OEM pricing is discussed directly. Contact us to get a clear number specific to your deployment.

Pre-paid credit bundles

Credits are purchased upfront for better predictability and easier institutional invoicing. Each credit covers one complete run, usable as an automation task or an analysis report.

Price per runfrom USD 2.50
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FAQ

Common questions

Which lab software does Aieia work with? +
Any software that runs on a computer and displays information on screen. Aieia operates at the screen level, using the mouse and keyboard exactly as a human operator would. It works with any proprietary or legacy software. Web applications running in a browser are supported too. No API, plugin, or vendor cooperation is required. If a trained person can operate it on a screen, Aieia can operate it too. Aieia currently supports Microsoft Windows only.
Does Aieia work unattended overnight? +
Yes. Aieia can support unattended operation. It runs continuously on the instrument computer, monitoring conditions, executing steps, and responding to events without any operator present. The instrument computer must remain on with an active session (no screensaver or lock screen), which is already standard for most lab instrument workstations. Tasks are sent remotely via the Aieia Web Portal and run until complete, until a defined condition is met, until stopped, or until the defined max number of steps is reached.
What happens if Aieia encounters an error mid-run? +
Aieia has built-in recovery logic. When it detects that an action did not produce the expected result, it tries alternative approaches until it reaches the max number of steps. It monitors its own progress and detects when it is stuck or repeating without advancing. If it cannot recover after multiple attempts, it stops safely and logs the full sequence of steps taken up to that point. You can review the task log to see exactly what happened and at which step.

For sensitive or high-risk workflows, Custom Instructions can set hard constraints such as "stop and log if any unexpected dialogue appears."
How is our research data protected? +
All research data stays on the instrument computer. Aieia does not upload experimental data, results, or extracted records to Survon servers. The Aieia Web Portal is used only for sending task instructions and stopping tasks. It has no access to data on the instrument computer. Screenshots taken during a session are stored locally on the device. The only data that leaves the device during a session is the screenshot sent for reasoning and the audit log entry sent to Survon's Swiss-hosted infrastructure (action metadata only, no experimental data).
Can we use Aieia across multiple instruments? +
Yes. Aieia runs on each instrument's own workstation independently. The Aieia Web Portal gives you visibility across all connected devices, so you can send tasks to and monitor multiple instruments from a single interface.
How does the Aieia Lab Network work for our facility? +
The Aieia Lab Network is a program for research institutes, university core facilities, and coworking lab spaces. The institute signs a single agreement with Survon and pays on behalf of its users. Users access Aieia through the facility, with no individual accounts or subscriptions required. The institute can offer Aieia as part of instrument booking packages, overnight run services, or facility membership benefits. The Aieia Web Portal gives facility managers visibility into running tasks across all connected instrument computers without accessing any local data.
How do OEM licensing terms work? +
OEM licensing allows instrument manufacturers to offer Survon Aieia as a capability alongside their product. Aieia runs on the instrument's computer alongside your existing software, operating it via mouse and keyboard. No changes to your software architecture or source code are required. The product is branded as Survon Aieia and white-labelling is available. OEM-specific workflows and custom task instructions can be pre-configured for your instrument type. Contact us to discuss terms specific to your product and volume.
Does Aieia require an internet connection to run? +
Aieia requires an internet connection during active task execution for sending screenshots for reasoning (outbound HTTPS only) and writing audit log entries to Survon's Swiss-hosted servers (for auditing). The Aieia Web Portal also requires connectivity for task dispatch and device management. If the internet connection is lost mid-run, Aieia will stop at the current step and log the interruption. It does not require any inbound network access and does not expose any ports.

For facilities with strict network controls, Private Cloud Routing can route AI inference through your own AWS or Google Cloud account.
How does usage billing work, and are there credit packages? +
Usage is purchased as pre-paid credits upfront rather than billed in arrears. This gives you predictable costs and makes institutional invoicing straightforward, including for grant and PO-based procurement. Each credit covers one complete run, usable as an automation task or an analysis report. Price per run starts from USD 2.50 for higher volume tiers.

Only successful runs and runs aborted by the user are billed. Failed runs and very short runs are never charged. Unused credits roll over to the subsequent year if the device subscription is maintained, and top-up bundles are available if a credit block runs low mid-year. Contact us to discuss the right package for your usage pattern and institution.
How long does it take to set up Aieia on a new instrument? +
It depends on the complexity of the workflow and the run duration, but setup can take as little as a few minutes for simpler tasks, and up to a few days for more complex or multi-step workflows. We work with you during onboarding to get your first workflow running.
Can multiple people in our lab send tasks to the same instrument? +
Yes. Multiple authorized people can access the Aieia Web Portal and send tasks to connected instruments. However, each instrument computer runs a single Aieia instance, which can only execute one task at a time. To send a new task to a device, the current task must first be completed or stopped.

Save time and increase your research output.

Whether you are a PI looking to automate overnight runs, a core facility exploring autonomous instrument operation, or an OEM wanting to add autonomous AI capability to your product, we would like to hear from you.

We respond within three business days.

Or email us directly: aieia@survon.co