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Periodic Labs

AI research and deployment company for physical sciences

periodic.com

Founded year: 2025
Company type: Private company
Number of employees: 50–110
Industry: IT Services & Consulting

Last updated October 8

Latest news about Periodic Labs

In short: Periodic Labs raised a $300M seed at a ~$7B valuation and launched its Neon AI model.

Company announcements

September 30 Periodic Labs

Periodic Labs discusses superintelligence and AI frontier

Co-founders Ekin Dogus Cubuk and Liam Fedus joined The Generalist podcast to discuss building synthesis superintelligence, scaling autonomous labs, and engineering physical matter.

September 15 Periodic Labs

Periodic Labs details its optimized AI infrastructure

The company shares technical improvements in training, inference, and sandboxing that enhance efficiency for scientific model development.

September 15 Periodic Labs

Periodic Labs launches autonomous AI lab model Periodic Neon

The 1T-parameter model outperforms competitors in diffraction analysis using reinforcement learning on proprietary lab data.

September 30, 2025 Periodic Labs

Periodic Labs introduces AI scientist creation for physical sciences

Founded by AI pioneers, the company builds autonomous labs backed by top investors to accelerate scientific discovery and solve industry challenges like chip heat dissipation.

Media coverage

October 8 Latent.Space

Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk

We are proud to announce @periodiclabs. Our mission is to accelerate science. Our founding team co-created ChatGPT, DeepMind’s GNoME, OpenAI’s Operator (now Agent), the neural...

September 15 Blockchain.News

Neon Model Tops GPT6 Astra in materials analysis

According to JeffDean, Periodic Labs’ Neon, mid-trained and RL’d on months of lab data with 1,300 H200s, surpasses GPT-6 Astra on an analysis benchmark.

March 25 Bloomberg

AI Science Startup Periodic Labs Is in Deal Talks at About $7 Billion Valuation

Periodic Labs, an artificial intelligence research startup founded last year by former OpenAI and...

October 1, 2025 Los Angeles Times

Ex-OpenAI, DeepMind staffers set for $1 billion value in Andreessen-led round

Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has agreed to lead a $200-million investment in Periodic Labs, a startup building artificial intelligence for material science, according to people...

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