Discovered Materials
YC X26San Francisco, US · Founded 2026 · 2 employees · Hiring · 1 known investors
Discovered Materials develops AI agents that accelerate materials discovery for semiconductor manufacturing, targeting datacenters and fabrication facilities. The company aims to find novel materials in months rather than years through AI-driven research combined with deep materials science expertise.
Also known as matforge · Matforge · MatForge
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningNew MaterialsSemiconductorsAIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (X26)
Discovered Materials was founded in 2026 by Advaith Sridhar and Akash Ramdas.
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Advaith Sridharin𝕏Co-FounderAdvaith Sridhar is a research engineer who previously worked at Luma Labs and studied at Carnegie Mellon University and IIT Madras. He is now building AI tools for materials discovery.
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Akash RamdasinCo-FounderAkash Ramdas previously founded Matforge and holds advanced degrees in materials science and engineering from Stanford, including a master's degree, PhD, and postdoctoral fellowship. He is now working on AI-driven materials discovery.
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Competitors · 4
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Matnex3 shared keywordsMatNex is a materials design company that uses first-principles computation, machine learning, and materials engineering to design new materials to customer-specified performance and cost targets, and owns the resulting material IP. It is starting with rare-earth-free magnets for industries such as EVs, wind turbines, data storage, and electronics, with plans to expand into fluids, semiconductors, batteries, and superconductors.
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- What does Discovered Materials do?
- Discovered Materials develops AI agents that accelerate materials discovery for semiconductor manufacturing, targeting datacenters and fabrication facilities. The company aims to find novel materials in months rather than years through AI-driven research combined with deep materials science expertise.
- Who founded Discovered Materials?
- Discovered Materials was founded by Advaith Sridhar, Akash Ramdas in 2026.
- Who are Discovered Materials's investors?
- Discovered Materials's investors include Y Combinator.
- Where is Discovered Materials headquartered?
- Discovered Materials is headquartered in San Francisco, US.