gener8tor Founder Series: Ashia Livaudais, Founder and CEO of SymbyAI
In this episode of the gener8tor Founder Series, we sat down with Ashia Livaudais, the founder and CEO of SymbyAI, to discuss her journey from physicist to founder — and how she’s building a ResearchOS to reshape the future of science through AI.
Ashia’s background is rooted in a love of science, deep learning, and discovery. After working as a physicist, she recognized the inefficiencies and reproducibility challenges that researchers face across academia and industry. The solution? SymbyAI — a platform designed to automate experimental replication and enable peer-reviewed, validated science at scale using artificial intelligence.
“We use AI to replicate and verify the findings in scientific papers — not just computationally or statistically, but also to assess the quality and integrity of prior research assets. It’s really an end-to-end scientific operating system,” Ashia explained.
Scaling with Early Traction and Resilience
SymbyAI’s traction is already impressive. Despite launching during a tough funding environment, Ashia and her team successfully closed a $2.1M seed round. The company also reached over $550K in contracted ARR, with the $1M ARR milestone quickly coming into view.
The startup has already earned the trust of a diverse customer base that includes:
Academic publishers
Clinical research systems
Computer hardware companies involved in R&D
SymbyAI’s vision is ambitious — and rooted in a desire to make validated science the default, not the exception.
A Research Revolution from Huntsville, Alabama
While many deep tech startups flock to traditional innovation hubs, SymbyAI is proudly based in Huntsville, Alabama — a growing center for research and aerospace innovation. Ashia sees it as a strategic choice:
“I love that there are different forms of research that can exist in places that aren’t the same names you always hear. Huntsville is proving itself as a thriving research and innovation hub.”
SymbyAI is part of a broader effort to reframe Alabama — and the Southeast more broadly — as a competitive player in the future of scientific advancement.
How gBETA Helped Clarify the Mission
Ashia credits gener8tor’s gBETA Huntsville accelerator with helping crystallize SymbyAI’s vision, value proposition, and growth strategy. Coming into the program, she admits she didn’t fully know how to translate her scientific ideas into a clear go-to-market strategy.
“gBETA helped us go from a fuzzy concept to a defined company. It gave us the tools to position ourselves, pitch effectively, and connect with the right advisors,” she said.
Among those advisors is Rochelle Silveira Demeneghi, who Ashia described as a transformative influence in shaping SymbyAI’s growth.
A Call to the Research Community
Ashia closed the interview with a clear call to action:
“If you know anyone involved in R&D, experimental design, or deploying research — whether at universities, labs, or as federal contractors — send them my way. Let’s connect.”
SymbyAI’s momentum reflects the kind of scientific, systems-based thinking that is critical for building trustworthy, scalable research tools in an AI-driven world.
