CuspAI
CuspAI is an AI Materials Discovery company founded in 2024 and based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It has raised $130M in total funding, most recently a Series A in 2025 at a $520M valuation.
Founded in 2024 and based in Cambridge, UK, CuspAI was co-founded by deep-tech entrepreneur Chad Edwards (CEO) and AI researcher Max Welling, a former distinguished scientist at Microsoft Research. Its generative platform lets users specify desired material properties and returns candidate chemical compositions, initially targeting carbon-capture sorbents and other climate-relevant materials. The company raised a $30M seed in June 2024 led by Hoxton Ventures, followed by a $100M+ Series A in September 2025 co-led by New Enterprise Associates and Temasek at a roughly $520M valuation; press reports in 2026 describe a much larger follow-on raise with backers including Kleiner Perkins and Bezos Expeditions.
CuspAI is one of the best-capitalized of the new wave of generative-AI materials-discovery labs, betting that property-to-structure search can replace slow trial-and-error chemistry.
cusp.ai ↗·AI Materials Discovery·
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