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April 30, 2026

Meet the startups using AI to discover new materials

A cascade of funding is finding young companies that hope to revolutionise the field


Éanna Kelly

5 min read

The cofounders of CuspAI — one of the companies with access to Isambard.

A material that could store enough energy to power a city, one that could scrub carbon from the air at scale or conduct electricity without resistance at room temperature.  

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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