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

Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review/comment on YouTube Apple Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

#RadicalAI #AI #MaterialScience #Robotics #DeepTech #Innovation #VentureCapital #Aerospace #Defense #Energy #NewMaterials #SelfDrivingLabs #MachineLearning #GenerativeAI #OpenSource #Podcast #Startup #Technology #Research #NVIDIA