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Discovered Materials, a YC P26 startup, is focused on using AI agents to discover new materials for the semiconductor industry. The founders, Advaith and Akash, aim to address the increasing thermal design power (TDP) issues found in GPUs like Nvidia's H100, which has a TDP of 700W.

MyDataWork POV — AI agents discovering new semiconductor materials sounds like a silver bullet, but where’s the proof? The TDP challenge is real, with Nvidia's H100 guzzling 700 watts. But the leap from AI models to tangible breakthroughs is vast. The specificity of their claim lacks a track record of AI-led material discovery actually leading to viable solutions. Until we see something concrete, this remains more of an intriguing promise than an established solution.
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