Independent Research Collective

openfolie.

An independent student research collective exploring AI safety and emergent systems.

For curiosity. For humanity.

WHO WE ARE

Independent by design.

openfolie is a student-led research collective from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology.

We work independently—no funding, no institutional backing—allowing us to pursue questions without external pressure or incentives.

CORE TEAM

The builders.

Saurya Gur

Founder & Director

Aargh Rai

Technical Lead

Sanjam Wadhwa

Research Lead

Harbaksh Singh Baath

Operations

TESTIMONIALS

WHAT WE BELIEVE

AI risk will emerge from interacting systems, not a single model. We treat modularity, agents, and system composition as core safety problems—not edge cases.

— The core thesis of openfolie

WHAT WE DO

We run small, empirical experiments on open-weight models.

RESEARCH AREA

Emergent behavior

RESEARCH AREA

Multi-agent dynamics

RESEARCH AREA

Adversarial failure modes

RESEARCH AREA

Early-stage evaluation methods

COLLABORATE

Join the collective.

We are actively looking for researchers, builders, and early collaborators. If you’re interested, reach out or follow our work.

Researchers

Empirical experimenters

Builders

Engineers & developers