chad edwards

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Co-founder of Cusp AI, a generative materials discovery platform for semiconductors, energy, and climate. Raised $450M from Bezos, Kleiner Perkins, NEA using a royalty-based business model.

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Cusp AI raises $450M from Bezos, Kleiner Perkins for royalty-based materials discovery

Materials science is the bottleneck for chips, energy, and climate; Cusp's generative platform discovers new materials and captures upside via royalties, aligning incentives with customers' commercial success.

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HIGHchad edwards·TBPN·21 days ago· position
Cusp AI raises $450M from Bezos, Kleiner Perkins for royalty-based materials discovery
Materials science is the bottleneck for chips, energy, and climate; Cusp's generative platform discovers new materials and captures upside via royalties, aligning incentives with customers' commercial success.
"We've taken a very different approach to the business model... we're I think genuinely the first to have done this in the world... every customer contract that we have has royalti…"
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