Cleaner Tech

DeepMind Alum Wants to Use AI to Speed the Development of Green Materials

Novel materials for everything from wind turbines to carbon capture could help cut emissions. A small but growing number of startups want to use AI to develop them faster.

Photographer: Bloomberg Creative Photos/Bloomberg Creative Collection
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Ever since ChatGPT went viral last fall, companies have touted many ways artificial intelligence can make our lives easier. They’ve promised superhuman virtual assistants, tutors, lawyers and doctors.

What about a superhuman chemical engineer?