# research infrastructure insights

Rangoon Insights reporting and guides tagged research infrastructure.

Canonical: https://rangoon.ai/insights/tags/research-infrastructure/

## Topics
- [Agent systems](https://rangoon.ai/insights/topics/agents/): Agent runtimes, handoffs, tools, and the boundaries that make them reviewable.
- [Governance](https://rangoon.ai/insights/topics/governance/): Policy, identity, authorization, approvals, and evidence for consequential work.
- [Infrastructure](https://rangoon.ai/insights/topics/infrastructure/): Model serving, sandboxes, tool services, and deployment boundaries.
- [Models](https://rangoon.ai/insights/topics/models/): Inference choices, local serving, compatibility, and operational tradeoffs.

## Stories
- [Anthropic expanded AI for Science credits: preserve research evidence beyond access](https://rangoon.ai/insights/anthropic-ai-for-science-institutional-credits/)
  Anthropic announced expanded Claude-credit partnerships for science. Research teams still need reproducible methods, data controls and clear publication boundaries.
- [OpenAI research containment report: test the boundary beyond the sandbox](https://rangoon.ai/insights/openai-research-containment-boundaries/)
  OpenAI describes layered containment for frontier research. Analysis covers service-mediated access, independent isolation tests and evidence for restarting sensitive workloads.
- [Applied unveiled the EPIC Center as a collaborative chipmaking R&D facility, with HVM still a future transfer step](https://rangoon.ai/insights/archive-applied-epic-center-unveiling-october-2026/)
  Applied Materials unveiled its EPIC Center on October 12, 2026, a $5 billion collaborative semiconductor R&D facility intended to move innovations toward high-volume manufacturing.


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