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ESB AI Lab Executive Director Edwin Solares attends Web Summit Vancouver 2026. Looking forward to connecting with researchers, entrepreneurs, and technologists exploring how artificial intelligence can accelerate scientific discovery and address global challenges in food security, conservation, and climate resilience.

ESB AI Lab Corporation receives Employer Identification Number. The IRS assigned EIN 42-2446472 (Notice CP575E). This enables the Corporation to open a business bank account, apply for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, and register with federal grant systems including SAM.gov, Grants.gov, and NIH eRA Commons.

Foundation Group engaged for 501(c)(3) formation. ESB AI Lab Corporation engaged Foundation Group under their SureStart Complete package to manage the full federal and state tax-exemption process, including IRS Form 1023, California FTB Form 3500, Attorney General CT-1 registration, and first-year Form 990 preparation.

ESB AI Lab Corporation holds organizational formation meeting. The Board ratified the Articles of Incorporation, confirmed the initial Board with staggered terms, elected officers, adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted a Conflict of Interest Policy, established the Education Program, approved the FY2026-27 budget, and authorized the Corporation to obtain an EIN, open a bank account, and file for federal and state tax-exempt status. The Bylaws were restated and ratified, demonstrating the Board’s commitment to ESB AI Lab’s mission of advancing scientific research and education through artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and genomics across food security, species conservation, climate resilience, human health, science accessibility, and language preservation.

Statement of Information filed and Incorporator Resolutions signed. The California SI-100 was filed (File No. BA20260926447) designating Edwin Solares as Executive Director, Kwasi Connor as Treasurer, and Allison Moreno as Secretary. Incorporator Initial Resolutions formally appointed all three as directors.

ESB AI Lab Corporation is officially incorporated in California. The California Secretary of State approved the Articles of Incorporation (Entity No. B20260165215), establishing ESB AI Lab as a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized exclusively for scientific, educational, and charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Our Sturgeon AI research featured in SDSC, ACCESS-CI, and SeafoodSource - “New AI Technology Aims to Revolutionize Fish Farming”

Dr. Edwin Solares awarded approximately $465,000 from the USDA NIFA Western Regional Aquaculture Center (WRAC) as lead principal investigator to develop computer vision and deep learning methods for non-invasive sex determination in White Sturgeon. This research was awarded to Dr. Solares individually through the University of California, San Diego. The methods and domain expertise developed through this work inform the research directions ESB AI Lab is building toward in computer vision for aquaculture species assessment.

Dr. Edwin Solares awarded $50,000 through the University of California, San Diego under the CA CARES program to support computational research in bioinformatics and AI. This funding was awarded to and administered by UCSD. The research and expertise developed through this work inform the research directions ESB AI Lab is building toward.

Maize RNA structures research featured in SDSC press release - “Supercomputing Simulations in Multiyear Study of Corn to Address Food Insecurity”

Avocado genome study published in G3 and featured in SDSC News and UC San Diego Today.

Paper published in Genome Research - “Diverse patterns of secondary structure across genes and transposable elements are associated with siRNA production and epigenetic fate”