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Periodic Labs

AI scientist, autonomous materials labs

US$1.3B privateest. 2025Checked 25 Sep

The brief

Analyst view
  • One of the biggest seed rounds ever: $300M at about $1.3B, led by Andreessen Horowitz with NVIDIA, Accel, Felicis and DST.
  • Reported in March 2026 to be in talks to raise ~$500M at ~$7B; not confirmed as of mid-2026.
  • Its bet: science AI needs its own lab data, so it builds labs to make that data instead of only reading papers.

Technical approach

As reported
Loop

AI proposes, robots test

AI suggests materials and recipes, robot labs make and measure them, and the results train the AI for the next round.

Data

Making new data

Published data is sparse and mostly shows successes. Its labs record everything, including failures, which helps the AI learn.

Targets

Superconductors first

An early target, because one clear number (the temperature at which they start working) makes progress easy to check.

Programs

Periodic Labs, one program

Updated 25d ago
Autonomous materials labAI models plus robot labs that make and test new materials, aimed first at superconductors and materials for chips.ResearchNextAutonomous lab build-outUpdated 25d agoView program →
Research · Proto · Pilot · Deploy · Scaling

Open technical problems

Open · Active · Partial
  • Making it is harder than predicting itActive research

    AI can predict millions of materials, but making them pure and right is slow and often fails; automating that is the hard part.

  • Proving discoveries are realOpen

    Past AI material claims were criticised as not new or badly measured; independent checks are essential.

Peers

AI materials discovery · 1

Company & funding

1 round · as reported
Valuation
$1.3Bprivate
Raised
$300Mdisclosed private rounds
Last round
SeedSep 2025
HQ
US
Founded
2025
DateRoundAmountPost-moneyLead
Sep 2025Seed$300M$1.3BAndreessen Horowitz

Partners & customers

2 investors

People

Key people
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