Ought is a product-driven research lab focused on developing mechanisms for delegating high-quality reasoning to advanced machine learning systems. It aims to scale up good reasoning by leveraging AI to automate and enhance complex cognitive tasks. Ought is also known for incubating projects like Elicit, an AI assistant for researchers that helps automate literature reviews and other research tasks. Additionally, Ought emphasizes the importance of process-based architectures to address challenges in AI alignment and open-ended reasoning.