Industrial & Robotics AISeedRecently addedRadical AI
Materials discovery in a self-driving laboratory.
Company snapshot
- Stage
- Seed
- Funding
- Seed · $55M
- Status
- published
- Updated
- Nov 8, 2026
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- Category
- Industrial & Robotics AI
- Website
- radical-ai.com
What they're building
Materials discovery in a self-driving laboratory. Radical AI combines materials models with robotic laboratories that design, synthesize, and test inorganic materials, feeding experimental results back into subsequent discovery cycles.
Founders
Joseph Krause
Co-founder and CEO
Foundation model usage
Editorial estimates from product descriptions. Model providers and actual usage are not confirmed.
- Estimated model demand
- Low intensity
NYC footprint
- NYC office
- Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn
Funding
Latest funding: Seed · $55M. Lead investor: RTX Ventures.
Sources & location evidence
Open research desk ↗Profile source review: 2026-11-03. Current employer posting confirms occupied Brooklyn Navy Yard lab. January 2026 state announcement names Building 20 renovation, but exact present lab street location is not independently resolved. $55M seed funding is explicitly confirmed by state announcement.
- https://www.radical-ai.com/ ↗
- https://www.radical-ai.com/autonomous-lab ↗
- https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-celebrates-radical-ai-establishing-new-yorks-first-fully-autonomous-materials ↗
- https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/automation-technician-at-radical-ai-4461936033 ↗
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn · verified headquarters
Street address not public. Current employer posting confirms occupied lab. January 2026 government release announced renovation of Building 20. Do not geocode a generic 63 Flushing Avenue campus gate as the laboratory; exact street location remains unverified.
Radical AI - Automation Technician ↗Source checked 2026-11-03
Notes
Radical AI is tagged recently added based on buyer clarity, repeat workflow activity, public activity, and fit with the AI Atlas map.
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