Discovered Materials
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Total raised
$9M
1 round on record
Latest round
$9M
Seed · Aug 2026 · 2 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
Backers
1
Y Combinator
The money's age
Fresh money
2 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 12
Launched on Hacker News Launch HN: Discovered Materials (YC P26) – AI agents to discover new materials
Aug 10
Raised a round Seed $9M · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Apr 2026
Went through Y Combinator
2025
Founded
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Web presence
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Aug 2026 | $9M | Lightspeed Venture Partners lead | justainews.com |
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News
How Discovered Materials Is Trying To Solve The Chip Industry's Heat Problem
Discovered Materials is using AI agents to accelerate semiconductor materials discovery as India ramps up its chip manufacturing ambitions.
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Research - Material Discovery Bench
Measuring frontier model ability to discover new materials for the semiconductor industry - candidates verified by DFT and attempted in a real lab.
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Discovered Materials is playing AI whack-a-mole to hunt cooler chips
Discovered Materials raised $9 million to fund the hunt for more novel materials to build more efficient chips.
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Discovered Materials Closes $9M Seed Round to Accelerate the Adoption of New Materials for Semiconductor Chips
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Discovered Materials over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
3
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
85/100
Cloud & platforms
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OpenAI
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$250k
Typical range
$250k
Open positions
1
1
Jobs
Junior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $250k | $250k |
Highest paying role
Founding Equipment Engineer
$250k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
48/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
23 days
faster than 52% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
10/26/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
100% ▲
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Mountain View
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
Mountain View
United States
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $250k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Financials
Total raised
$9M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2026 | $9M | Details |