AI agents now autonomously design BEOL‑compatible materials, cutting discovery cycles
Discovered Materials, a YC‑backed startup, has built AI agents that independently propose novel, BEOL‑compatible crystalline compounds meeting tight thermal, dielectric, and mechanical targets. By coupling web search, a coding sandbox, and ML‑based property predictors, the system can generate synthesis‑ready candidates without human intervention, promising faster, cheaper materials pipelines for semiconductor fabs.