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YC S24

Founded 2023 · 5 employees · 6 known investors

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Ionworks provides a Battery Simulation OS that combines physics-based electrochemical modeling with machine learning for battery R&D. The platform turns cycler data into validated models and generates labeled datasets for ML methods, serving cell makers, OEMs, and battery researchers.

Also known as Ionworks Technologies, Inc. · Ionworks Technologies Inc

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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S24)

Ionworks was founded in 2023 by Valentin Sulzer, Rob Timms, Weilong Ai, Sam Cooper, and Ferran Brosa Planella.

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Valentin SulzerCo-Founder & CEOValentin Sulzer holds a PhD in mathematics from Oxford and completed four years of engineering research at the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon. He developed PyBaMM, an open-source battery simulation software, and is now building Ionworks to make such tools more widely available to battery engineers.
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Rob TimmsCo-founder & CTOHe is a core developer of PyBaMM, an open-source battery modeling software.
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Ferran Brosa PlanellaFerran Brosa Planella is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick specializing in applied mathematical modeling of physical systems, with particular expertise in battery electrochemistry and continuum mechanics; he holds a PhD in mathematical modeling from the University of Oxford and previously worked as a Research Fellow at Warwick's WMG on lithium-ion battery modeling as part of The Faraday Institution's Multi-Scale Modelling project.
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Alec BillsFounder
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Anya KuznetsovaFounder
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Brady PlandenFounder
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Leonard LiFounder
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Liam CooneyFounder
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Marc BerlinerFounder

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Investors · 6

Kima Ventureslisted by Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M

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Lobster Capitallisted by Lobster CapitalSan Francisco

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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

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Batch Venturesreported

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Oxford Seed FundreportedOxford · $19.1K – $127K

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Ionworks - Build and run battery simulations at scaleycombinator.com · Jul 2024

Frequently asked questions

What does Ionworks do?
Ionworks provides a Battery Simulation OS that combines physics-based electrochemical modeling with machine learning for battery R&D. The platform turns cycler data into validated models and generates labeled datasets for ML methods, serving cell makers, OEMs, and battery researchers.
Who founded Ionworks?
Ionworks was founded by Valentin Sulzer, Rob Timms, Weilong Ai, Sam Cooper, Ferran Brosa Planella in 2023.
Who are Ionworks's investors?
Ionworks's investors include Collaborative Fund, Kima Ventures, Lobster Capital, Y Combinator, Batch Ventures, Oxford Seed Fund.