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Ark-1 is a research project developing specialised AI to reason over evidence, coordinate tools and support research and innovation workflows, with people in control.
A research project by Mycel · Currently in post-training
Research moves through questions, evidence and decisions. Ark-1 explores how specialised AI can connect those steps, starting with research funding and innovation workflows.
Investigating how AI can work with sources, preserve context and make uncertainty visible.
Developing the ability to select and use tools across multi-step research tasks.
Putting reproducibility, structured evaluation and human oversight at the centre of development.
Approved access to European computing resources supports the Ark research programme.
Barcelona Supercomputing Center · EuroHPC pre-exascale system
Ark-1 · Post-training underwayArk-1 is currently undergoing post-training on MareNostrum 5, using approved computing access at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
About MareNostrum 5Germany's AI Factory for manufacturing, engineering and research · Coordinated by HLRS
Access approved · Next phase plannedApproved access through the HammerHAI AI Factory supports our next research phase. Work on Ark-1.5 is planned, with timing to be confirmed.
About HammerHAIInfrastructure acknowledgements describe access and support for research. They do not imply institutional endorsement of Ark-1 or Mycel products.
We share progress as the work develops. Public releases will follow evaluation and review.
Developing and evaluating the first model in the Ark series for research and innovation workflows.
Current MareNostrum 5 allocation ends 1 November 2026. This is an allocation date, not a public release date.
A planned next phase building on what we learn from Ark-1.
Targeting December 2026 · Tentative start
We welcome conversations with researchers, institutions and potential collaborators working on reliable AI for research and innovation.
Ark-1 is an ongoing research and development project by Mycel UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Berlin, within the ResearchArk ecosystem. The project is in development; this page makes no claim of a released model or validated performance.
MareNostrum 5 is a EuroHPC pre-exascale supercomputer hosted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS). HammerHAI is a EuroHPC AI Factory coordinated by the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) with consortium partners LRZ, GWDG, KIT and SICOS BW, funded through the Digital Europe Programme via the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking together with German federal and state governments. References to infrastructure support describe computing access and do not represent a direct grant award to Mycel.
Official references: EuroHPC AI Factories · MareNostrum 5 · HammerHAI
