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CuspAI, founded in 2024 in Cambridge, UK, develops an AI-powered search engine for discovering new materials, using advanced algorithms to identify and predict material properties.
Technology & BusinessWhat · How · Which stage
Research Areas物质科学材料MediumEvidence
开发一款基于人工智能的搜索引擎用于发现新材料，利用先进算法识别和预测材料性质
Source：Official site · Updated 2026-09-10 · View source
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Capital graph
Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 2
Funding history
- 2026-07-21Series B$450M
Investors · Kleiner Perkins, StepStone Group, Bezos Expeditions, Glade Brook Capital, Lux Capital, AMD Ventures, TruArrow, U.K.’s Sovereign AI Venture Fund, Invest-NLSource · medium.com ↗
- 2025-09Series A$100M
Investors · Temasek Holdings, NEA, Samsung Ventures, NVentures, Hyundai Motor GroupSource · SVTR Weekly #122
- 2024-06Seed$30M
Investors · Lightspeed, Basis Set Ventures, Hoxton VenturesSource · SVTR Weekly #058
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