Overview

• The Series A was led by New Enterprise Associates and Temasek, with Nvidia’s NVentures, Samsung, and Hyundai Motor Group participating, and Hyundai also partnering with CuspAI on sustainable energy applications.
• A source put the company’s valuation at $520 million, which CuspAI declined to confirm.
• Former BP chief Lord John Browne and ex‑ASML president and CTO Martin van den Brink joined the advisory board alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun.
• CuspAI plans to expand its roughly 30‑person team and open additional offices, with a focus on Asia.
• The startup builds synthesis‑aware chemistry foundation models and collaborates on initiatives such as OpenDAC with Meta and Georgia Tech and PFAS filtration research with Kimera.