# AI model evaluation in biology

Biological foundation models have lacked a common, broad benchmark: relevant tasks span nucleic acids, proteins, genomes, cells, whole organisms and clinical work, and lab validation is too slow to run on every checkpoint. BaseBench, being built by Basecamp Research, separates evaluations, checkpoints and adapters so every checkpoint of every model runs the same evaluations, with data version, checkpoint identity, adapter configuration and scoring steps recorded. It already runs on internal and public biological models, with public submissions planned in the near term.

Biological foundation models have lacked a common, broad benchmark: relevant tasks span nucleic acids, proteins, genomes, cells, whole organisms and clinical work, and lab validation is too slow to run on every checkpoint. BaseBench, being built by Basecamp Research, separates evaluations, checkpoints and adapters so every checkpoint of every model runs the same evaluations, with data version, checkpoint identity, adapter configuration and scoring steps recorded. It already runs on internal and public biological models, with public submissions planned in the near term.