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Akash Ramdas

Founder

Now Founder, Discovered Materials

Latest on AI4S.fyiFunding · Aug 10 · founderDiscovered Materials · Seed · $9M

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Affiliations

Current

Founder · Discovered Materialstechcrunch.com ↗

Also named in the companies' announcements: Stanford

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Founded

Discovered MaterialsMaterials and chemistry · 1 round on record · disclosed $9M · Seed $9M
Background: Stanford (MS, PhD and postdoc in materials science and engineering; co-founder, CEO) (as the company's own announcements put it)
Co-founders: Advaith Sridhar
Backed byLightspeed India Partners

On the timeline

2026-08-10Discovered Materials, a YC startup using AI agents to look for chip-cooling materials, raises a $9M seed led by Lightspeed India Partners

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