Discover how Radical AI is revolutionizing material science using self-driving labs.
About the episode:
Nataraj hosts Joseph Krause, CEO of Radical AI, to explore how they’re speeding up material R&D by combining AI, engineering, and robotics. Joseph shares his journey from material science to venture capital, highlighting Radical AI’s mission to create a self-driving lab that autonomously designs tests and discovers new materials. The episode dives into Radical AI’s materials flywheel concept, their open-source engine, and how they’re attracting funding to drive innovation in material science. Discover how Radical AI is set to revolutionize industries from aerospace to energy with cutting-edge material discovery.
What you’ll learn
- Understand the traditional challenges hindering the commercialization of new materials and how Radical AI is overcoming them.
- Discover the materials flywheel concept and how it accelerates the speed of material discovery.
- Learn about the types of customers who are seeking new materials and the diverse applications across various industries.
- Explore the role of AI in simulating and experimenting with materials, and the importance of experimental validation.
- Understand the types of AI models Radical AI uses, including machine learning, generative AI, and computer vision.
- Identify Radical AI’s hiring strategy to build an interdisciplinary team across machine learning, software engineering, robotics, and material science.
- Comprehend the importance of experimental data in materials science and how self-driving labs capture and utilize this data.
- Learn about Radical AI’s stepwise approach to focus on customer-driven problems and enabling technologies.
About the Guest and Host:
Guest Name: Joseph Krause, Co-founder and CEO of Radical AI, aiming to revolutionize material science with AI, engineering, and robotics.
Connect with Guest:
→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfkrause
→ Website: https://www.radical-ai.com/
Nataraj: Host of the Startup Project podcast, Senior PM at Azure & Investor.
→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natarajsindam/
→ Substack: https://startupproject.substack.com/
In this episode, we cover
- (00:01) Introduction to Radical AI and Joseph Krause
- (01:15) Joseph’s diverse background and how it led to Radical AI
- (05:01) Traditional ways preventing commercialization of new materials
- (09:06) Radical AI’s product: novel materials for aerospace, defense, and energy
- (11:36) Customers seeking new materials and the advantage of speed in the materials flywheel
- (13:39) Challenges in digital research and the importance of physical experimentation
- (16:18) How Radical AI picks directions for new material discovery
- (23:48) The AI part of Radical AI: hiring and AI models used
- (27:13) Predicting crystal structures with AI
- (31:57) Why New York is the best place for Radical AI
- (33:37) Joseph’s best AI use case for personal research
- (37:35) Material research happening at Apple
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