CuspAI

On a mission to unlock breakthrough materials needed to power human progress.

Manufacturing and industrial

Latest funding

$450M Series B+ · July 20, 2026

Led by Kleiner Perkins · Source: SiliconANGLE

Total raised: $580M across 3 sourced rounds

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: cusp.ai.

X: @cusp_ai · 6,560 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Category: Manufacturing and industrial.

Sectors: AI.

Subcategory: ai materials discovery.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Founded: 2024.

Total raised: $580M in 3 sourced rounds.

Last round: Jul 20, 2026 · 115 days ago.

Headcount: 51–100 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 22, 2026.

Signals

X account@cusp_ai · created Jun 14, 2024 (2 years old) · 6,560 followers

Website registeredDec 16, 2017 (8 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

CuspAI | 4 days from X account to first raise on record

@cusp_ai·Raised $580M in 3 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

July 20, 2026
Series B+ · $450M · $2.6B valuation
KKleiner Perkins (lead), NNEA (lead), BBezos Expeditions, JJohn Doerr
Source: SiliconANGLE
September 10, 2025
Series A · $100M · $520M valuation
NNEA (lead), TTemasek (lead), HHyundai Motor Group, NNVentures (Nvidia), SSamsung Ventures
Source: uk.finance.yahoo.com
June 18, 2024
Seed · $30M
HHoxton Ventures (lead), BBasis Set Ventures, FFJ Labs, GGiant VC, LLightspeed, LLocalGlobe, NNorthzone, TTiferes Ventures, TTouring Capital, ZZero Prime Ventures
Source: fundraisingfox.com
June 14, 2024
X account created
December 16, 2017
Website created

Founders and team

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Alyn Chad Edwards Founder

LinkedIn
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Chad Edwards Founder

LinkedIn
MW
Max Welling Founder

@wellingmax · LinkedIn
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Aron Walsh Chief Scientific Officer
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Debbie Toms Chief of Staff
MH
Markus Hoffmann Chief Strategy Officer

Investors

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Sources and API

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