Synthera — AI Copilot for Autonomous Materials R&D in Semiconductor, Chemistry, Energy, and Biopharma

Design performance-verified and production-ready materials with our state-of-the-art AI agent, Raven.

The Materials Discovery Bottleneck

Slow & Manual

Materials discovery relies on trial-and-error iteration, consuming months of R&D cycles for each synthesis pathway.

Expertise-Locked

Polymer synthesis planning requires rare domain expertise, creating bottlenecks and single points of failure in research teams.

Innovation Constrained

Photonics and semiconductor R&D is fundamentally limited by materials iteration speed, not computational or fabrication capacity.

Accelerate Materials Innovation

Synthera's flagship AI product, Raven, is an AI copilot purpose-built for materials discovery & synthesis planning in advanced R&D labs. Our platform generates manufacturable, production-ready molecular formula and synthesis routes optimized for commercial competitiveness.

Materials Discovery & Generation

Rapidly discover and propose molecules from target material specifications or molecular properties.

Synthesis Route Generation

Automatically design feasible polymer synthesis pathways from discovered molecular formula.

Domain-Constrained Intelligence

Integrates chemical feasibility constraints, semiconductor process compatibility, and photonic material requirements.

Lab-Ready Output

Generates synthesis routes that chemists can validate and execute directly, reducing ideation-to-bench time by 10x.

AI-driven materials discovery visualization

How It Works

01

Input Target Specifications

User defines target polymer properties, molecular structure, or material performance requirements for your photonic or semiconductor application.

02

Raven Discovers Materials

Our Raven copilot discovers and proposes the appropriate molecular candidates based on your target specifications. The synthesis planning engine evaluates feasible pathways, scoring for chemical viability, cost, and process compatibility.

03

Validate & Execute

Simulation verifiers review AI-generated routes, validate assumptions, and let scientists proceed directly to lab synthesis with confidence.

Built for Advanced Materials Teams

Synthera serves R&D teams at the intersection of chemistry, materials science, and next-generation semiconductor manufacturing.

Semiconductor Fabs

Accelerate photoresist and polymer dielectric development for advanced node processes.

Photonics Foundries

Design polymers for waveguide cladding, optical adhesives, and electro-optic materials.

Industrial R&D Labs

Streamline polymer synthesis for specialty materials, coatings, and functional compounds.

Advanced Materials Teams

Enable rapid iteration on novel polymer architectures and material property optimization.

Pricing for Every Stage of Scientific Discovery

Start exploring with a lightweight plan, then scale into production-grade scientific AI workflows as your team grows.

Starter

$0/month

For researchers evaluating Synthera for initial scientific discovery workflows.

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  • Up to 25 guided prompts per month
  • Basic materials discovery workspace
  • Community discord support

Professional

$199/month

For advanced R&D teams using Synthera as part of a daily production-grade technical workflow.

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  • 2,500 Synthera research credits per month
  • Multi-candidate generation and multi-step synthesis planning and evaluation
  • Dedicated DFT and semi-empirical methods-based property verifiers
  • Shared team projects and collaboration
  • Faster model access and workflow automation
  • Priority email/discord support

Enterprise

Custom pricing

For corporate and industrial partners deploying Synthera across multiple programs and platforms.

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  • Custom credit volume and deployment model
  • Private infrastructure and security review
  • Dedicated onboarding and scientific support
  • Custom integrations and partnership options

Meet the Founding Team

Synthera combines deep expertise across materials science, scientific AI, and venture building, with our founding team from UIUC, UC Berkeley, UBC, and Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Dr. Ricky Li

Dr. Ricky Li

CEO

Dr. Lynford Goddard

Dr. Lynford Goddard

Chief Scientist

Dr. Shangding Gu

Dr. Shangding Gu

CTO / Chief AI Architect

Charles Yang, EMBA

Charles Yang, EMBA

COO

Build the next generation of materials faster.

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