Ionworks
YC S24Founded 2023 · 5 employees · 3 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
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S24)
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Valentin SulzerinCo-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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Weilong Ai
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Ferran Brosa PlanellainFerran 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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Robert Timmsin𝕏Co-founder & CTORobert Timms is co-founder and CTO of Ionworks, a battery simulation platform combining physics-based modeling with machine learning. He is a core developer of PyBaMM and holds a background in mathematics from Oxford.
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- 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, Robert Timms in 2023.
- Who are Ionworks's investors?
- Ionworks's investors include Kima Ventures, Lobster Capital, Y Combinator.