Deep Tech (Semiconductor Materials)San Francisco, California, USA
Discovered Materials (Discovered Materials, Inc.) is a San Francisco-based deep-tech startup founded in 2026 by Akash Ramdas and Advaith Sridhar. It uses swarms of AI agents, built on frontier models and validated with in-house physics simulations, to discover new materials for semiconductor chips, with an initial focus on thermal materials for AI processors.
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2026Founded
Deep Tech(Semiconductor Materials)Sector
Aug 2026Latest coverage
Funding
Discovered Materials has raised $9M across 1 disclosed round.
$9MRaised
$9MLatest round
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Aug 2026Round$9MLightspeed India Partners, Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, Paul Graham, Gokul Rajaram, Thariq Shihipar
Investor roster
Every disclosed backer and how often they've written a cheque — repeat names are the strongest conviction signal on the cap table.
New · Latest leadLightspeed India Partners1 round · 2026
Gokul Rajaram1 round · 2026
Paul Graham1 round · 2026
Peak XV Partners1 round · 2026
Thariq Shihipar1 round · 2026
Y Combinator1 round · 2026
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Discovered Materials founded in San Francisco by Akash Ramdas and Advaith Sridhar, emerging from Y Combinator's Spring 2026 batch, to build AI agents for semiconductor materials discovery. ↗
Aug 2026 · funding
Round — $9M, led by Lightspeed India Partners.
Aug 2026 · milestone
Raised a $9M (₹85 crore) seed led by Lightspeed India Partners and released the Material Discovery Bench, a benchmark for AI agents on semiconductor materials problems. ↗
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Discovered Materials (Discovered Materials, Inc.) is a San Francisco-based deep-tech startup founded in 2026 by Akash Ramdas and Advaith Sridhar. It uses swarms of AI agents, built on frontier models and validated with in-house physics simulations, to discover new materials for semiconductor chips, with an initial focus on thermal materials for AI processors.
Who founded Discovered Materials?
Discovered Materials is associated with Akash Ramdas, Advaith Sridhar.
How much funding has Discovered Materials raised?
Discovered Materials has raised $9M across 1 disclosed round. The most recent was a $9M round in Aug 2026.
Who are Discovered Materials's investors?
Disclosed investors in Discovered Materials include Lightspeed India Partners, Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, Paul Graham, Gokul Rajaram, Thariq Shihipar.
What is the latest news on Discovered Materials?
The most recent StartupFox coverage is “Discovered Materials Raises $9 Million in Seed Round Led by Lightspeed India to Build AI Materials Scientists” (11 August 2026). All stories are listed on this page.
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