NanoForge AI announced on the 15th that it had attracted seed investment from FuturePlay and Mashup Ventures . The investment amount was not disclosed.
Nanoforge AI is building a Digital Materials Lab that automates the entire R&D process from material design to synthesis and process optimization by combining AI predictive models and robotics automation technology. The goal is to shorten the material development period from several years to a matter of weeks.
Nanoforge AI is a team founded by CEO Dong-Hyeon Kim and CTO Jae-Won Bae, both from the Korea Science Academy (KSA), and aims to enter the market quickly with strong technical understanding and teamwork based on trust. In particular, the team's execution ability and marketability were proven externally by winning second place in the KAIST E*5 program in the first half of 2025.
As the first entry material, we have selected 'high-temperature superconductor (HTS)' that can transmit power at liquid nitrogen temperature (-196℃), and are verifying the technology of the design and synthesis automation system. Starting with this, Nanoforge AI plans to pursue full-scale expansion into high value-added industries such as energy and semiconductors, as well as the high-difficulty material market.
Kim Dong-hyun, CEO of Nanoforge AI, stated his ambition, saying, “Nanoforge AI will create an era where material R&D that previously took more than 10 years can be realized within a few months through AI and automation-based experiments.” He added, “Going beyond PoC, we will provide process optimization linked to actual industrial sites, leading to a fundamental innovation in the global material development method.”
“We believed that developing new materials using AI and robotics would be a way to significantly improve the trial-and-error method that humans have used up to now and greatly increase efficiency,” said Futureplay CIO Choi Jae-woong, who led this investment. “We decided to invest because the founders have excellent experience and capabilities to innovate in this field.”
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