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Altrove uses AI models and lab automation to create new materials
OUR TAKE The creation of a new material is very complex. When you combine two different chemical elements together, there are thousands of possibilities. When you want to deal with three different elements, there are tens of thousands of combinations. With four elements, you have millions of possibi…
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OUR TAKE The creation of a new material is very complex. When you combine two different chemical elements together, there are thousands of possibilities. When you want to deal with three different elements, there are tens of thousands of combinations. With four elements, you…
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OUR TAKE The creation of a new material is very complex. When you combine two different chemical elements together, there are thousands of possibilities. When you want to deal with three different elements, there are tens of thousands of combinations. With four elements, you have millions of possibilities. –Zora Lin, BTW reporter French tech company Altrove , which has raised $4 million to play a role in this innovation cycle, is making great strides in predicting and creating new materials.
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“Research and development to find new materials has been very slow over the past 50 years,” says Thibaud Martin, co-founder and CEO of Altrove. One of the big questions is: how do you predict whether matter made of a small number of elements can theoretically exist? “We’ve predicted more stable matters in the last nine months than we’ve found in the last 49 years,” Martin says. But when it comes to making new materials, it’s not enough to just know they exist. “Recipes are not just about what you put together. It’s also about proportions, at what temperature, in what order, and for how long. So there are a lot of factors, a lot of variables that go into making new materials.” Also read: Nvidia set to face French antitrust charges
Key Points
- In the past nine months, Altrove has predicted more stable matter than has been found in the previous 49 years.
- In the manufacture of new materials, only knowing the existence of new materials is not enough, but also affected by various factors.
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