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CuspAI is a Cambridge, UK-based generative AI startup founded in 2024 by chemist Dr. Chad Edwards and machine-learning pioneer Prof. Max Welling. Its platform functions as a 'search engine for materials,' letting customers specify target chemical and physical properties and generating candidate molecules and crystals for applications spanning carbon capture, next-generation semiconductors, water treatment, batteries and catalysts.
The company is anchored by an advisory bench that includes Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton and former Apple/Google AI chief John Giannandrea. In July 2026 it launched an 'AI Materials Foundry' - a global network of 45+ founding partners including NVIDIA, Meta, Samsung, Hyundai, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron and Lam Research - alongside a $450M Series B co-led by Kleiner Perkins and NEA that valued CuspAI at $2.6B.