Accelerating the discovery of materials and molecules needed for a sustainable future

General SDL & AI

Meet El Agente, an autonomous AI for performing computational chemistry

By minimizing the technical barriers traditionally associated with computational chemistry, El Agente is a step toward more inclusive, accessible, and scalable scientific research worldwide.

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AC News

The Acceleration Consortium awards over $2.5 million to projects that accelerate scientific discovery

This funding is made possible, in part, by the AC’s historic $200 million grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF).

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AC Members

U of T and BASF partner on self-driving labs to advance agriculture, medicine and more

Partnership agreement leverages AI and automation to design new chemical products with applications in crop protection, industrial coatings and drug delivery

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WHY

Materials have the potential to transform our lives and our world for the better. We make these materials cheaper and faster while remaining committed to ethical design principles.

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How we do it

We build self-driving labs—that combine material science with the power of artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced computing—to rapidly design and test new materials and molecules.

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30+

Self-driving labs across the world

10–100x

Faster rate of discovery

10–100x

Lower cost

What we discover

Our materials improve upon conventional ones by providing superior performance across several categories, including longevity, environmental impact, and cost.

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