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Discovered Materials

AI agents that discover new materials for semiconductor chips, working across simulation, synthesis and testing to cut the lab-to-fab timeline, with an open-source benchmark for AI-driven materials discovery; the brand name of Matforge Inc.

StageEarly-stage

Founded2026

HeadquartersSan Francisco, USA

StatusPrivate

Product

Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.

• Discovered Materials AI agent

  AI agents that carry materials discovery from candidate to tested sample for semiconductor chips, compressing months of scientific work into days, shown on thermal interface materials simulated, synthesized and tested in its first months; customers engage by talking to the company and no prices are published.

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VVoreliosUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and Vorelios both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareNNorraUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and Norra both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareIInferaUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and Infera both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareSSiemensPublicDiscovered Materials and Drivetrain Analyzer Cloud both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareAAVEVAAcquiredDiscovered Materials and AVEVA Advanced Analytics both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; AVEVA is acquired, with no independent scale; ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareDDaqstraUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and Daqstra both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareHHoneywellPublicDiscovered Materials and Honeywell Forge both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships application and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareDIDawn IndustriesUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and VIM both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareCCogniteUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and Industrial Canvas both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareSESchneider ElectricPublicDiscovered Materials and EcoStruxure Asset Advisor both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; ships application, hardware and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareGGUILDUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and GUILD Forge both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships platform rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareMMOVEdotUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and MOVEdot both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships agent platform rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareAAAllus AIUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and AllusONE both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareARAgility RoboticsLate-stageDiscovered Materials and Digit both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; ships platform and robot rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareSSymboticPublicDiscovered Materials and Symbotic System both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; ships platform and robot rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareMFMind FoundryEarly-stageDiscovered Materials and Sentry both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerComparePPalantirPublicDiscovered Materials and Palantir Warp Speed both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded.2 of 2 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareLRLam ResearchPublicDiscovered Materials and Fabtex Yield Optimizer both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareHHexagonPublicDiscovered Materials and VGSTUDIO MAX both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships application and robot rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareAMApplied MaterialsPublicDiscovered Materials and SmartFactory AI Run-to-Run Advanced Recipe Tuning both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; ships application, hardware and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareCAC3 AIPublicDiscovered Materials and C3 AI Process Optimization both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships agent platform, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareMMaingenUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and SolarBench both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships data service rather than the same layer.1 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareNNikonPublicDiscovered Materials and Inspect-X both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; Nikon's scale not comparable: only a revenue estimate, no market cap or valuation; ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareIIBMPublicDiscovered Materials and IBM Maximo Inventory Optimization both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; ships API service, agent platform and 4 more rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareHHHitachi High-TechUndisclosedDiscovered Materials and Defect Review SEM CR7300 Series both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships hardware rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareOIOnto InnovationPublicDiscovered Materials and TrueADC both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareKKLAPublicDiscovered Materials and eSL10 both list industrial automation; Discovered Materials's scale not recorded; ships hardware rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareLLasertecPublicDiscovered Materials and OPTELICS AI² both list industrial automation; scale not recorded for either; ships hardware rather than the same layer.2 of 2 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompare

Closest alternatives are pairs a vendor page itself compares. Similar products are matched from what each product does; nothing in that group is asserted as a rivalry.

Sources

Stage, from total funding

Company disclosure · 19 Oct 2026 at least

Home page: "We are backed by a $9M seed round led by Lightspeed"; no other round is stated, so the figure is a floor.

Valuation

Not found · 19 Oct 2026

Pages read for this record state no valuation. Tried the home, terms and privacy pages and the company's YC profile.

Founded

Company disclosure · 19 Oct 2026

Own YC profile lists Founded: 2026; discoveredmaterials.com states no founding year.

Public listing

Not found · 19 Oct 2026

No listing on the pages read; treated as private.

Description

Official documentation · 19 Oct 2026

Home page: "Today, we introduce Discovered Materials: we build AI agents that discover new materials for semiconductor chips."

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