matforge
AI scientists to discover semiconductor materials
Y CombinatorSpring 2026ActiveIndustrialsEnergyArtificial IntelligenceAdvanced MaterialsSemiconductorsAI
What they do
Problem
Discovering and validating new semiconductor materials currently takes over a decade of lab work, slowing progress in power and thermal scaling for AI chips.
Solution
They build a swarm of AI scientist agents that autonomously discovers and proposes novel semiconductor materials to compress R&D timelines from years to months.
Who it's for
Semiconductor companies including fabs, chipmakers, and datacenter hardware/materials R&D teams.
Founders
Advaith Sridhar
Founder
Discovering the next silicon using AI scientists. Founder at Matforge Ex-Research Engineer at Luma Labs. Studied at CMU, IIT-Madras
Akash Ramdas
Founder
Discovering the next silicon using AI scientists. Founder at Matforge MS, PhD, Post-Doc at Stanford - Material Science and Engineering
Company timeline
- Founded2026
- YC batchSpring 2026
- StatusActive
- Team size2 people
- LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
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