Summary: Sapient Intelligence is an AI research lab (founded by HRM/TRM authors) focused on hierarchical and recursive reasoning architectures. Key researchers include Alexia Jolicoeur-Martineau (lead author of HRM and TRM). The lab collaborates with Samsung SAIL Montréal.

Overview

Property Details
Type AI Research Lab
Focus Hierarchical reasoning, recursive models, adaptive computation
Key People Alexia Jolicoeur-Martineau (HRM/TRM lead)
Affiliation Samsung SAIL Montréal (collaboration)
Notable Work HRM (2025), TRM (2025)

Key Publications

Paper Year Key Contribution
HRM (Wang et al.) 2025 Hierarchical Reasoning Model: H/L recurrent modules, deep supervision, ACT
TRM (Jolicoeur-Martineau et al.) 2025 Tiny Recursive Model: Flat recursion, deep supervision as primary driver

Research Themes

Theme Description
Hierarchical Reasoning H-module (planning) + L-module (execution) coupled recurrence
Recursive Reasoning Single module applied recursively (TRM) vs hierarchy (HRM)
Deep Supervision Per-segment loss at every step; primary driver of performance
ACT (Adaptive Computation Time) Learned halting; Q-learning for step allocation
Inference-Time Scaling More compute → better reasoning (ACT + deep supervision)

Relationship to Samsung SAIL Montréal

  • Alexia Jolicoeur-Martineau holds positions at both
  • Samsung SAIL Montréal provides compute/infrastructure
  • Papers list both affiliations
  • Joint research on embodied reasoning, ARC-AGI

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