Frontier tech, by field

17 technologies · 521 events

Companies in frontier tech

20 of 403 companies

Large companyUSSep 23, 2026

Meta

Agreed to support 150 MW of XGS geothermal in New Mexico.

Advanced geothermal, Advanced materials, Advanced nuclear, AR glasses, Brain-computer interfacesmeta.com
StartupGBJul 20, 2026

CuspAI

Runs an AI search engine and materials foundry network for new materials.

Advanced materialscusp.ai
StartupUSApr 28, 2026

Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Manufactures high-temperature superconducting magnets for compact fusion tokamaks.

Advanced materials, Fusion energycfs.energy
StartupUSJan 22, 2026

Neurophos

Duke and Metacept spin-out building metamaterial-based optical processors for AI inference.

Advanced materials, Photonicsneurophos.com
Large companyGBJan 5, 2026

Google DeepMind

Built GNoME, a deep learning tool that predicted 2.2 million new crystals.

Advanced materials, Humanoid robots, Synthetic biologydeepmind.google
Large companyUSNov 12, 2025

Microsoft

Built MatterGen for generative materials design and the Majorana 1 topoconductor chip.

Advanced materials, Quantum computing, Synthetic biologymicrosoft.com
StartupUSNov 12, 2025

VEIR

Builds superconducting power lines, now aimed at data centers.

Advanced materialsveir.com
StartupUSSep 30, 2025

Periodic Labs

Builds AI-run autonomous labs, starting with a search for better superconductors.

Advanced materialsperiodic.com
StartupUSFeb 20, 2025

Lumotive

Develops light-control metasurface chips for beam steering in lidar and data centers.

Advanced materialslumotive.com
StartupDEJun 12, 2024

Black Semiconductor

Aachen spin-out integrating graphene photonics directly onto electronic chips.

Advanced materialsblacksemiconductor.com
StartupUS

Albert Invent

Offers an AI platform for chemistry and materials R&D trained on millions of structures.

Advanced materialsalbertinvent.com
StartupFR

Altrove

Uses AI and lab automation to design substitutes for critical inorganic materials.

Advanced materialsaltrove.ai
StartupUS

Atoco

Uses reticular chemistry for carbon capture and atmospheric water harvesting.

Advanced materialsatoco.com
Private companyES

Graphenea

Graphene foundry supplying graphene films and materials.

Advanced materialsgraphenea.com
StartupUS

Metalenz

Harvard spin-out making metasurface optics for sensing in consumer devices.

Advanced materialsmetalenz.com
StartupGB

Nuada

Uses metal-organic frameworks with vacuum swing for low-energy carbon capture.

Advanced materialsnuadaco2.com
StartupGB

Orbital Industries

AI-first company engineering advanced materials and hardware, formerly Orbital Materials.

Advanced materialsorbitalmaterials.com
StartupGB

Paragraf

Makes graphene-based electronic devices using standard semiconductor processes.

Advanced materialsparagraf.com
StartupUS

Radical AI

Uses AI and self-driving labs to develop new materials.

Advanced materialsradical-ai.com
StartupCA

Svante

Makes solid sorbent filters for capturing CO2 from industrial emissions and air.

Advanced materialssvanteinc.com