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Periodic Labs
AI-native autonomous lab accelerating materials science via robotic experimentation.
Stage
seed
Status
private
Coverage
full
Why Periodic Labs is interesting
Largest seed of 2025; pairs LLM hypothesis generation with automated physical lab loops.
Key facts
- a16z portfolio status: Active
- Seed (2025): $300M led by a16z for AI scientist autonomous lab (TechCrunch / a16z)
- Co-founders: Liam Fedus (OpenAI/ChatGPT) and Ekin Dogus Cubuk (Google Brain materials)
- Co-investors: no additional institutional investors disclosed in public sources reviewed 2026-07-24
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Last updated: 2026-07-24