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83 Sciences

AI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental data

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San FranciscoFounded 20261-10 employees

About

83 Sciences uses AI to mine discarded experimental data and drive scientific breakthroughs. Working alongside labs, we discover the materials that will power the new Industrial Revolution.

Founders

Ian Naccarella

Ian Naccarella

Co-Founder & CEO

Founder at 83 Sciences developing the future of scientific discovery. Previously a fellow at MIT focused on commercializing IP out of the ecosystem, a strategy manager at Sila Nanotechnologies (battery materials unicorn), and a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Hold a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Eric Riesel

Eric Riesel

CEO

Founder at 83 Sciences. Experimental chemist and ML researcher with a PhD in inorganic chemistry from MIT, where I built machine learning systems to analyze complex materials data in minutes instead of days. My research spans quantum materials, generative models, and experimental data analysis, including one of the first generative approaches for chemical experimental data. BA in Chemistry from Columbia.

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