Ursa Science

Ursa Science is a life science instrumentation company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that develops software-defined laboratory platforms. Their flagship innovation is the MIK (Modular Instrument Kernel), an agentic AI designed to unify diverse laboratory hardware into a single, automated, and interoperable system known as the Mars platform. By using a modular, hardware-software integrated design, the company enables researchers to reconfigure laboratory layouts while maintaining auditability, quality control, and deterministic execution. This approach aims to replace rigid, siloed, and vendor-locked systems with flexible, scalable infrastructure that can be deployed across various environments, including land, maritime, and space-based research settings.

By converting stochastic physical laboratory processes into predictable digital data, Ursa Science seeks to remove manual, person-dependent variables from experimental workflows. The platform allows scientists to integrate existing protocols and instruments while utilizing AI-driven agents to automate task execution and perform proactive equipment monitoring. This helps customers reduce maintenance costs, improve research reproducibility, and streamline operations in complex scientific environments. Through these advancements, the company aims to eliminate traditional barriers to innovation, allowing research facilities to maintain high-precision industrial power at the lab scale.