CuspAI AI Materials Foundry

CuspAI, legal name Cusp AI Limited, is an AI materials discovery company incorporated in England and Wales with a registered office in Cambridge, UK. It builds AI foundation models for chemistry, described by Fortune as a search engine for the material world, aimed at shortening materials breakthroughs from years to months.

The AI Materials Foundry is a partner ecosystem combining industrial teams, laboratories and data providers. Companies apply as Industry, Synthesis and Testing, or Data partners across coatings, membranes, catalysts, semiconductors and energy storage. Listed partners include NVIDIA, Meta, Henkel, Merck, Samsung and Hitachi.

• AI Materials Foundry: partner ecosystem of industry, laboratory and data partners.
• Chemistry foundation models: AI models that search the space of candidate materials.
• Focus areas: coatings and surfaces, membranes and separations, catalysts, semiconductors and electronics, energy storage.
• Foundry Integration Sessions: visitors can request sessions to onboard into the program.
• Data partnerships: crystal-structure and publisher databases feed the models.

Joint search for coating or membrane materials with a Vietnamese manufacturer. Catalyst and separation materials for chemical and water treatment projects. Electronics suppliers exploring new materials via the Foundry partner program.

Gives industrial teams access to AI models, labs and data through one partner program. Synthesis-aware generative models aim to propose materials that can actually be manufactured. Partners span coatings, catalysts, semiconductors and energy storage focus areas. Industry partners include several Asian manufacturers.

Semiconductor, battery and chemical companies are investing in AI-guided materials discovery. Asian manufacturers such as Samsung, Hitachi and LG CNS appear among CuspAI partners. Vietnam's growing electronics and battery supply chains may need new materials developed with such programs.

Cusp AI Limited, registered office in Cambridge, UK. Fortune reported a USD 100 million Series A on 10 September 2025 led by NEA and Temasek, with NVentures, Samsung Ventures and Hyundai Motor Group participating. Partnerships with Kemira and Hyundai were reported in the same article.