A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI; plus, AI hardware startup Nominal triples its valuation

10/11/2026

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While frontier AI models have solved a remarkable series of outstanding mathematics problems and made progress in the life sciences, they have yet to truly plumb the complex physics in advanced materials. Also, Nominal, a startup that offers an AI platform for hardware engineering and claims Anduril as a major customer, has raised another big round of financing that triples its valuation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI; plus, AI hardware startup Nominal triples its valuation

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Nectar launched an AI agent to automate creator discovery; plus, Britain’s Fractile gets a leg up in the race for AI chips

Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia — who is Colette Kress, his interim replacement?

Plurai wants to help AI agents work better using the same approach that helped get self-driving cars to roads, and more

Proximal Ventures raises debut fund to back startups bringing AI to drug development; plus, PSI is trying to make a business out of AI-driven scientific discovery

A YC startup is putting $1M behind 5 unsolved materials science problems for AI; plus, AI hardware startup Nominal triples its valuation

Axiom Math wants to keep AI slop out of mathematics

Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite

Spain's Titan OS raises $46 million; Ted Schlein’s Ballistic Ventures seeks $490M for new funds; plus, AI inference startup Fal doubled its valuation

Revolut’s valuation jumps 53% to $115B in new share sale as it prepares to launch US bank, and more

Trajectory raises $45M to make AI model training accessible to nontechnical experts, and more