Machine Discovery Secures £4.5M Funding for AI-driven Optimization
Machine Discovery, a software company based in Oxford, UK and Santa Clara, CA, has recently secured £4.5M in funding. The company specializes in utilizing machine learning technology to expedite compute-intensive optimization and simulation tasks. Leading the funding round were BGF and East Innovate, and they were joined by Foresight WAE Technology Funds, UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund (UKI2S), Oxford Technology, and Future Planet Capital (Ventures) Ltd. With this new capital injection, Machine Discovery plans to expand its engineering and business development teams both in the UK and the USA. Their ultimate goal is to fuel the commercial adoption of their technology in the semiconductor design space and other markets.
Machine Discovery, under the leadership of CEO Bijan Kiani and Non-Executive Chair Janet Collyer, offers an AI platform capable of managing complex collaborative projects involving large teams and numerous simulation runs.
Through their innovative emulation technology, the company can create neural network-based models for real-time prediction using conventional simulation outputs. Additionally, their optimization engine integrates AI algorithms to facilitate optimization and sampling. By combining the outputs from simulation and neural network models, Machine Discovery enables quick exploration of extensive design spaces.
The origins of Machine Discovery can be traced back to researchers in the physics department at the University of Oxford, where it was spun out. The company boasts a talented team of co-founders, including CSO Muhammad Kasim, CTO Brett Larder, and advisors Professor Gianluca Gregori and Professor Sam Vinko. Their expertise and insights have been instrumental in the development of the company's AI platform and its success in the industry.
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