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US YC S23 AI materials discovery at 10x acceleration with Aperam (specialty steel) partnership Oct 2024; $3.1M from YC/Singular/Kima/Collaborative Fund competing with Citrine for AI-powered industrial materials R&D.
Osium AI is a United States-based AI materials discovery platform — backed by Y Combinator (S23) with $3.1 million in total funding including a $2.6 million seed in 2023 from Y Combinator, Singular, Kima Ventures, Collaborative Fund, and Raise Phiture — providing materials R&D engineers and industrial companies with AI software that accelerates the discovery and optimization of new materials by 10x, predicting physical and chemical properties of candidate formulations before laboratory synthesis. Founded in 2023 by Stanford University friends Sarah Najmark and Luisa Bouneder, Osium achieved a partnership with Aperam (a global stainless and specialty steel producer) in October 2024 and partnerships with leading research institutions in November 2024 — validating the platform's utility for industrial materials development.
SF YC W24 AI support agent builder at 80% resolution time reduction and 71% ticket deflection; $500K from a16z/Greylock/YC/Netflix competing with Intercom Fin for customer support AI workflow automation.
Duckie is a San Francisco-based AI customer support platform — backed by Y Combinator (W24) with $500,000 in funding from Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, KungHo Fund, Netflix, and 5 additional investors — providing customer support teams with an AI agent builder that translates existing support processes and workflows into predictable, reliable AI automation, achieving 80% reduction in resolution time and 71% ticket deflection for deployed teams. Founded in 2023 and targeting customer support leaders at growth-stage software companies, Duckie enables support teams to deploy AI agents in minutes without engineering dependency.
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