CuspAI
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CuspAI raises $30M to create a GenAI-driven search engine for new materials
The modern method of coming up with new materials is to make something and then use a computer to work out whether the material came out correctly. But what if you flipped that around, using generative-AI-driven software to design the material in the first place? That’s the premise behind Cambridge, U.K.-based CuspAI, which has now secured $30 million in a seed round led by Hoxton Ventures, with significant participation from Basis Set Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
The company says its platform functions like a search engine for materials, enabling the fast evaluation of a “vast number of novel structures.” An area where CuspAI thinks AI-designed materials could have a significant near-term impact is carbon capture and storage.