Periodic Labs

Periodic Labs

AI-driven materials discovery and design

Overview

Periodic Labs uses AI to model, predict, analyze, and design new materials. Its platform studies material properties and high-throughput data to propose viable compositions, structures, and processing methods that meet performance targets. By training models on large scientific datasets and running simulations, the company speeds up discovery and lowers costs compared with traditional lab work, drawing on founders’ experience from OpenAI and DeepMind. The goal is to accelerate the discovery of materials for clean energy, better semiconductors, and resilient manufacturing, differentiating itself through deep AI expertise applied specifically to materials science and potential collaboration with major AI groups.

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About Periodic Labs

Simplify's Rating
Why Periodic Labs is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Industrial & Manufacturing

Energy

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$300M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2025

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Targets high-value materials breakthroughs in superconductors, semiconductors, and energy systems.
  • Already deploys with a semiconductor manufacturer on chip heat dissipation.
  • Huge investor backing supports long runway and aggressive talent acquisition.

What critics are saying

  • Autonomous labs fail if experiments produce noisy, non-reproducible data.
  • Superconductor discovery remains an extremely difficult decade-long scientific bottleneck.
  • Heavy competition for elite talent, lab partners, and customer mindshare.

What makes Periodic Labs unique

  • Founded by Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk from OpenAI and DeepMind.
  • Builds an AI scientist that runs experiments in autonomous robotic labs.
  • Combines models, simulations, and physical experiments for closed-loop discovery.

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Funding

Total Funding

$300M

Above

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Above Average

Industry standards

$3.3M
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Netflix
$2.3M
Instacart
$3M
Robinhood
$300M
Periodic Labs

Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-9%

2 year growth

-9%
TechCrunch
Sep 30th, 2025
Former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers raise whopping $300M seed to automate science  | TechCrunch

Periodic Labs has raised from a tech industry who's who, including Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia, Elad Gil, Jeff Dean, Eric Schmidt, and Jeff Bezos.

Bloomberg L.P.
Aug 8th, 2025
Ex-OpenAI, DeepMind Staffers Set for $1.5 Billion Value in Andreessen-Led Round

Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has agreed to lead a $200 million investment in Periodic Labs, a new startup building artificial intelligence for material science, according to people familiar with the matter.

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