# Valency

> Valency builds people-centered, AI-accelerated research infrastructure: **MCP Bond** connects assistants and research workflows to live scientific literature, and Valency Hub adds open publishing and review for AI-assisted science.

Valency is a Berkeley-based company building connective infrastructure between research and the tools that reason over it. This file is a curated guide to Valency’s public site.

## Start here

- [Valency homepage](https://valency.io/index.md): Company overview and the two-product loop (Bond + Hub).
- [MCP Bond](https://valency.io/bond.md): Bond for researchers first, then institutions and AI builders; includes capabilities, trust model, integration, and pricing.
- [Bond for researchers](https://valency.io/bond/for/researchers.md): Real query walkthroughs for staying current, reading lists, claim checks, and collaborator mapping.
- [Valency Hub](https://valency.io/hub.md): Early-access platform to publish, review, and discover research in the open, with private workspaces for teams.
- [AI research resources](https://valency.io/resources.md): Directory of AI co-scientists, AI reviewers, and autonomous labs.

## How Valency works

- Bond connects LLMs and agents to a large live literature corpus, updated every few hours, with new work reachable within hours.
- One MCP-compatible connector exposes 38+ tools (search, citation graph, researcher profiling, trends, export).
- Outputs are grounded in resolvable sources and structured for assistant/agent workflows.
- Institutions can connect private research to global literature without private research leaving their secure environment.
- Hub supports private drafting, open ongoing review, and public publication; published Hub work becomes readable by agents through Bond shortly after publication.

## Who Valency serves

- Researchers, academics, journalists, and non-profits needing current, source-backed literature workflows.
- Institutions and R&D teams that need grounded visibility across internal and public research.
- AI teams building assistants and agents that need live scientific context with citations.
- Individual researchers (free core access), plus labs and organizations needing team features or private deployments.

## Company

- [About the team](https://valency.io/team.md): Leadership, advisors, beliefs, and operating approach.
- [Careers](https://valency.io/careers.md): Hiring philosophy, process, and open application path.
- [Open jobs](https://valency.io/jobs.md): Current role snapshot and links to the live Ashby board.
- [JevOps Engineer](https://valency.io/jevops.md): Satirical posting that points candidates to current openings.

## Contact

- [Contact Valency](https://valency.io/contact.md)
- Product support: [support@valency.io](mailto:support@valency.io)
- Enterprise and institutions: [sales@valency.io](mailto:sales@valency.io)
- Labs, institutions, and partnerships: [labs@valency.io](mailto:labs@valency.io)
- Media inquiries: [media@valency.io](mailto:media@valency.io)

## Optional

- [Press kit](https://valency.io/press-kit.md): Logos, leadership headshots, and media contact.
- [Valency privacy policy](https://valency.io/privacy.md)
- [Valency terms](https://valency.io/terms.md)
- [Data Processing Addendum](https://valency.io/dpa.md): Applies only with a separate written commercial agreement.
- [Valency blog](https://blog.valency.io/): Company news and long-form writing.