Albert OS – AI Operating System for Chemistry R&D

Albert Invent is a US company based in Oakland, California, that builds an AI operating system for chemistry and materials R&D. It targets the fragmentation of lab data, formulation knowledge and regulatory information inside chemical and consumer-goods manufacturers.

The platform, Albert OS, captures projects, materials and experiments in a chemistry-native ontology built with each customer. Ask Albert is a natural-language assistant that coordinates agents and models for knowledge retrieval, formulation suggestions, experiment design and data analysis. Customers named on the site include Henkel, Nouryon, AkzoNobel, BASF and Clorox.

• Albert OS: R&D operating system that captures experiments and structures lab data.
• Ask Albert: natural-language assistant coordinating tools, agents and models.
• Valence model: chemistry-native retrieval model claimed 45x more accurate than general-purpose AI.
• Compliance agent: regulatory rules for 400,000 substances and automated SDS generation.
• Chemistry ontology: data model built together with each customer.
• Governance: role-based access control, reasoning audit trails and zero data retention.

A paint or coatings manufacturer in Vietnam could digitize formulation history and suggest new recipes. A personal-care or home-care producer could automate regulatory checks and safety data sheets for export markets. A polymer plant lab could search past experiments before planning new trials.

Centralizes experiment and formulation data so R&D teams reuse past work. Site reports Henkel reaching 2x faster speed to market across 3,000 scientists. Compliance tools cover rules for 400,000 chemical substances with SDS generation in under 10 seconds. Security includes ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and zero data retention.

Chemical, coatings and consumer-goods makers are moving R&D from spreadsheets and notebooks to AI-ready data foundations. Domain-specific models and agents are replacing generic chatbots for formulation work. Vietnamese and Southeast Asian producers of paints, polymers and personal care face the same data and regulatory pressure.

Headquartered in Oakland, California. Announced a 55M USD Series B led by TCV on 2026-10-13 with Coatue, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, Index Ventures and Applied Ventures as existing investors. Holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. Has a Japanese site and subsidiary.