Cambridge-based CuspAI raised a $450M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins and NEA, and launched a coalition for AI materials discovery for chip and other industries (Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-20/bezos-backs-startup-focused-on-material-discovery-for-chipmaking"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260720/i8.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260720/p8#a260720p8" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-20/bezos-backs-startup-focused-on-material-discovery-for-chipmaking">Cambridge-based CuspAI raised a $450M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins and NEA, and launched a coalition for AI materials discovery for chip and other industries</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Producing the world's most in-demand semiconductors requires enormous amounts of energy and access to rare minerals.</p>