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Icebox
On this page, we’re generating a library of the projects, technologies, and workflows that have been paused, or “put on ice,” at Arcadia.
overview
Learning is an important part of science. If we’re doing it right, not everything we attempt will work out the way we expect. And in each of those cases, there is a lesson to capture.
Iced projects often yield data and insights that could be useful to others. We're committed to wrapping up these efforts by releasing associated pubs. By clearly delineating why certain efforts get the cold shoulder, we hope others can take full advantage of our exploration.
In some cases, the reasons for pausing may be addressable in the future or by others outside of Arcadia. We sincerely hope you take up the mantle — in fact, let us know if there’s anything we can do to help.
why we ice
For more info on the Icebox and reasons that we may ice a project, read our blog post on the topic.
#TechnicalGap
To make an impactful advancement, we’d need further technological or conceptual development.
#ProjectComplete
We learned what we needed to learn from the project and there is no reason to continue.
#DeadEnd
We tried to derisk a project, but could not overcome barriers that would enable us to move forward, or our hypothesis was wrong in a way that the remaining possibilities are not of interest for us to pursue.
#HardToScale
The project can’t be done without massive resources, it’s inefficient, or we don’t have a high-throughput approach to scan enough search space and have confidence we’ll be successful.
#StrategicMisalignment
We've decided not to pursue this area of science at the moment because it doesn't play to our unique strengths as a company.
#MissingExpertise
What we discovered during the project lands us in an area where we lack internal expertise, or taking the project to the next step would require expertise we don’t have (yet).
#TranslationalMismatch
The market is not appropriate, big enough, well-scoped enough, or is in an area where we are not well positioned as a company to have a competitive advantage. The time horizon to make this translationally actionable is too long or the challenges are too layered to align with translational goals.
#LackingInfrastructure
We lack the facilities, equipment, or tangible resources to act on this project.
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