We study how similar mathematical and structural principles appear in fields like science, engineering, markets, and computation. And how insights from one domain can inform work in another.
What is Rheo Research?
We identify recurring patterns across different complex systems, develop frameworks and experiments based on those patterns, and build teams and collaborations around applied, cross-domain work.
Find recurring mathematical and structural patterns that appear across fields like biology, markets, and engineering. When something works in one place, we ask whether it works in another.
Develop frameworks, software, and experiments based on those patterns. Some ideas become experiments. Some experiments become tools. Some tools may become products.
Build teams and collaborations around applied, cross-domain work. We want to bring together people who think across boundaries and prefer building to theorizing.
It's an attempt to build shared infrastructure for cross-domain research and product development. Our work is exploratory and iterative. We're early, and we're being honest about that. The goal is to clearly communicate what we're forming and attract the right people to help shape it.
Our Approach
Most research organizations stay inside one domain. We take a different approach.
Look for patterns, not fields
Not in isolation
Favor doing over theorizing
When a pattern shows signal
Current Areas of Focus
We're exploring how similar structures appear across these areas. Our work is exploratory and iterative.
Dynamics, volatility, coordination, optimization. Exploring how patterns from other complex systems appear in market behavior.
Adaptation, synchronization, energy landscapes. Looking at how living systems organize, fail, and recover.
Control, feedback, scaling, learning. Studying how designed systems share structural principles with natural ones.
Frameworks, software, and workflows that support cross-domain research. Building the tools we need to do this work well.
Who This Is For
Rheo Research is being built for people who prefer doing over theorizing and see value in working across fields.
If you've noticed that a model from one field works surprisingly well in another.
If you enjoy working close to research and turning ideas into real systems.
If you're interested in supporting technical research platforms before they're obvious.
Get Involved
There are several ways to engage with what we're building, depending on where you are and what you're looking for.
Stay connected as the research develops. We'll share progress, experiments, and what we're learning as we go.
Start a conversation about working together. We're open to contributors with ideas, experiments, or technical work.
If you have relevant skills or ideas, we'd like to hear from you. We're building teams around specific areas of focus.
If you're interested in supporting applied research at an early stage, we're open to those conversations.
"We're at a formative stage. The right people joining now get to shape what this becomes."
"If the same structure appears across domains, the same tools should work across domains. That's the idea we're testing."
We kept noticing the same patterns in completely different places. Similar dynamics in markets and biological systems. Similar math describing engineered and natural networks. The structures underneath were strikingly similar.
That observation became a question: if the same structures keep showing up, could the same tools work across these fields? That's what we're trying to find out.
Whether you want to collaborate, contribute, or just follow along. All conversations welcome.