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

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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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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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Kumacheva and Aspuru-Guzik paper highlights groundbreaking self-driving nanochemistry lab

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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

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Faster rate of discovery

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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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