CuspAI has announced the launch of its AI Materials Foundry, a global network bringing together data, laboratory capabilities, compute infrastructure and scientific expertise to accelerate the discovery and development of next-generation materials through an integrated AI-enabled platform.
The initiative brings together over 45 founding members from across industry and research combining frontier AI models, high-performance computing, experimental facilities and curated materials datasets to support the full materials discovery workflow – from computational design and simulation through to synthesis planning and experimental validation.
The collaboration aims to help address the materials bottleneck that is limiting innovation across sectors including semiconductors, clean energy and advanced manufacturing.
The Henry Royce Institute (Royce) is pleased to be joining the AI Materials Foundry as a Founding Member, reflecting our commitment to advancing collaborative approaches that accelerate innovation in materials science.
As the UK’s national institute for advanced materials research and innovation, Royce will contribute its expertise, facilities and networks to this international community, helping to connect AI-driven discovery with world-leading materials research and experimental capability.
Royce’s participation aligns closely with our recently launched Materials 4.0 Framework, which sets out how digital technologies, artificial intelligence, automation and data can transform the way materials are discovered, developed, manufactured and deployed.
By participating in the AI Materials Foundry Royce will help foster a community of practice that enables researchers and industry to realise the opportunities presented by Materials 4.0, supporting more effective collaboration and helping to accelerate the translation of materials research into commercial impact.
Professor Paul Monks, Chair of the Henry Royce Institute, said:
The Henry Royce Institute was established to bring together the UK’s materials community and strengthen the connections between academia, industry and government so essential for innovation. Joining the CuspAI AI Materials Foundry reflects that strategic role helping to ensure the UK is at the forefront of a new era where artificial intelligence transforms how materials are discovered, developed, manufactured and deployed.
“Our ambition is to embed AI across the entire materials value chain from discovery and characterisation through scale-up, manufacturing, deployment and recycling. By connecting world-leading research capability with emerging AI technologies we can accelerate innovation and help deliver the advanced materials needed for a more sustainable and resilient future.”
Prof Ian Kinloch, Chief Scientific Officer, Henry Royce Institute added:
We are delighted to join the AI Materials Foundry as part of a growing international community of practice focused on the future of materials innovation. Bringing together expertise in AI, computation, experimentation and materials science creates an important opportunity to accelerate discovery through collaboration.
“Royce’s participation reflects our commitment to ensuring the materials community can fully deploy the principles of the recently launched Royce Materials 4.0 Framework, helping to connect digital innovation with experimental capability and ultimately speeding the commercialisation of advanced materials.”
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About CuspAI
CuspAI was founded in 2024 by Dr. Chad Edwards and Professor Max Welling to build the AI system for materials discovery. Through its ‘AI Materials Foundry’ – a global network of over 45 partners, including NVIDIA and Meta – the company is accelerating breakthrough discoveries in semiconductors, energy, and climate. CuspAI has raised over $650M from investors including Kleiner Perkins, NEA, Temasek, NVentures, Bezos Expeditions, Samsung, and Hyundai Motor Group. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company operates globally across London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Tokyo, Singapore, and the United States. Its advisory board includes Nobel laureate, Geoffrey Hinton; former President and CTO of ASML, Martin van den Brink; and AMD Board Member & Chairman of Lam Research, Abhi Talwalkar.
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