Making materials, a new found way.

We unlock new synthesis pathways to the world's most critical materials.

The problem

Today, the synthesis of inorganic materials (e.g., those found in batteries, electrolytes, fuel cells, etc.) is a human-guided trial & error process. As a result, commercializing a new material is costly.

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10+ years
Average time to bring a new material to market
$10-100M
Average R&D expenses

Source: IBM Research

Our solution

Synthesis by design.

Lower R&D costs.
De-risk manufacturing.

Our predictive platform identifies optimal synthesis recipes for target inorganic materials, accelerating materials R&D and de-risking manufacturing scale-up.
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1. Target compound

Start with any predicted/known inorganic compound (e.g., oxides, nitrides, phosphates, etc.) and calculate its equilibrium structure and properties.

2. Reaction networks

Using our company's AI-assisted algorithms, construct massive networks with millions of chemical reactions among thousands of compounds in a wide chemical search space.

3. Pathway prediction

Identify and simulate reaction pathways to the target material, identifying key intermediates, impurities, and recommended processing conditions.

4. Synthesis tuning

Top-ranking predicted synthesis pathways are experimentally tested and optimized to identify ideal recipes, allowing for quicker scale-up and de-risking manufacturing.
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Our sponsors

We are proud to announce that we are an Activate 2024 company!

Our team

Our mission is to revolutionize how materials are made. We combine automation, data-driven methods, and artificial intelligence to navigate high-dimensional complex chemical spaces.

Interested in joining? Please reach out below!
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Matthew McDermott, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
U.C. Berkeley PhD graduate and former postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where his research focused on the development of inorganic synthesis planning algorithms and the A-Lab, a robotic laboratory to discover new materials.

Contact us

Please reach out to learn more or set up a meeting. We look forward to hearing from you!
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