Data Systems for Science

Clever Canary builds systems for biomedical research teams to publish their own data products. With clear specifications, transparent validation, and tracked provenance, each data product feeds the next analysis.

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// The Discovery Flywheel

Well-formed data products enable reuse and speed discovery

Every product starts from a clear specification, with transparent validation and feedback.

Released as a versioned product, with provenance tracked back to source.

Annotated and searchable, each product becomes the input to the next specification.

$ cc search "lung adenocarcinoma RNA-seq, treatment metadata"

searching 2,944 studies…

results (3 matches)

SRP284901   lung_adeno_rnaseq_treat_v2
├─ 847 samples
├─ metadata: treatment, stage, survival
└─ pipeline: STAR → featureCounts → DESeq2

SRP301445   tcga_luad_paired_normals
├─ 1,024 samples
├─ metadata: treatment, histology, smoking
└─ pipeline: Salmon → tximeta → edgeR

phs001928.v1.p1   nih_lung_multi_omics
├─ 2,301 samples
├─ metadata: treatment, ancestry, survival
└─ pipeline: Nextflow nf-core/rnaseq

// Two Engines of Discovery

AI search to find the data.
Pipelines to analyze it.

AI-Powered Search

LLM classification, natural language queries, and semantic matching across biological datasets. We make the data findable.

Natural language search over genomic data
LLM-driven variable classification
Cross-platform discovery
Metadata enrichment & validation

Analysis Pipelines

Export data to Terra, Galaxy, Nextflow, and more. Build tools like differential expression analyzers that make it easy to configure comparisons.

Export to major analysis platforms
Differential expression analysis
Configurable comparison tools
Reusable data & workflows

// Our Work

Platforms used by thousands of researchers across thousands of studies.

NCPI Dataset Catalog

AI-powered search over ~2,944 NIH studies. LLM variable classification, natural language queries, and semantic matching across the nation's largest biomedical datasets.ncpi-data.org →

HCA Data Explorer

Human Cell Atlas data browsing — making single-cell datasets discoverable and accessible to researchers worldwide.data.humancellatlas.org →

BRC Analytics

Differential expression analysis tools, searchable by perturbation and effect. Configurable comparisons for biological research.brc-analytics.org →

HCA Atlas Tracker

Transparency and feedback loops for research data quality across the Human Cell Atlas.tracker.data.humancellatlas.org →

// About Us

Small team.
Big impact.

We're a small, flat, AI-native team that has already proven this approach at NIH scale. We're not selling a product — we build the searchable data infrastructure and analysis tools tailored to each project.

AI-Native

Fully embracing AI to accelerate development and create new user-facing products.

Small & Flat

Fast, lean, fully engaged with every project. No bureaucracy.

Managed Access

Experienced with controlled access data. Security-aware by default.