funding_articleMay 20, 2026Confidence: high
matforge | Y Combinator
Spring 2026 batch; AI scientists for semiconductor material discovery.
Affected score: yesObserved: May 20, 2026Round: Pre-Seed
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Matforge
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Memo snapshot · May 20, 2026, 6:12 PM
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What they do
Matforge AI scientists for material discovery in semiconductors.
Funding
Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Mar 2026). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Quick read
- •Matforge AI scientists for material discovery in semiconductors.
- •Reported angle: Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 3 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 6 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Stage
Seed (YC)
Evidence summary
Verified facts
- •Matforge AI scientists for material discovery in semiconductors.
- •Reported angle: Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •Indexed activity snapshot: 1 funding‑related row(s), 3 hiring‑related, 0 GitHub‑tagged, 6 product/news‑style — scoring reflects corpus coverage only.
Recent movers
- •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •May 11, 2026 · Careers — Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •May 10, 2026 · Press — Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
+4 more in Recent movement below
- •May 11, 2026 · Blog / news — Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •May 11, 2026 · Careers — Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •May 10, 2026 · Press — Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •May 10, 2026 · News — Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •May 10, 2026 · Jobs page — Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — matforge | Y Combinator
- •May 20, 2026 · ycombinator.com — Launch YC: Matforge
- •Y Combinator
Funding
Raised $500K across 1 funding round. Latest: $500K Pre-seed (Mar 2026). Investors: Y Combinator. (High).
Hiring
3 hiring‑related row(s); role‑spam risk if mostly generic boards (High).
GitHub
No GitHub‑linked evidence indexed (Low).
Product / news
6 product/news‑styled row(s); headline risk without filings (High).
Traffic / social
No traffic/social evidence indexed (Low).
Funding & hiring signals
Open roles (indexed)
No open roles indexed yet.
Failed or blocked links
No failed or blocked source links on record.
DealFlow growth score
55.0Moderate public activity signal
7D-35%
30D+0%
High Confidence
The score is an algorithmic estimate based on observed public company-level signals. It may be incomplete, stale, or inaccurate and is not investment, legal, tax, or business advice.
Source health
- public_market_enrichmentokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_pressokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_newsokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_jobsokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_companyokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_careersokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_blogokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_aboutokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:_okLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:homeokLast checked Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM
- public_page:customersokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
- public_page:pricingokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
- public_page:pressokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
- public_page:newsokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
- public_page:blogokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
- public_page:jobsokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
- public_page:careersokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
- public_page:teamokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
- public_page:aboutokLast checked Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM
DealFlow score momentum
557D -3530D +0
100500
More runs will build history.
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Signal breakdown
Latest momentum signal per category. Expand a card to inspect raw payloads.
Public source summary
- Total evidence rows
- 16
- Latest evidence
- Wed, May 20, 06:12 PM
Source types found
about_pageblogcareers_pagecompany_sitefounderfunding_articlehiringnewspressproduct
Strongest / recent news-style rows
matforge | Y Combinator
Wed, May 20, 06:12 PM · confidence 88%high quality
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/matforgeMatforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
About / company · Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · confidence 90%high quality
https://matforge.ai/companyMatforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
About / company · Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · confidence 90%high quality
https://matforge.ai/about
Public signal timeline
Newest first · 16 event(s)
1
Wed, May 20, 06:12 PM · company_site · 85% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge
AI scientists for material discovery in semiconductors.
2
Wed, May 20, 06:12 PM · funding_article · 88% · verified_publichigh quality
Source ↗matforge | Y Combinator
Spring 2026 batch; AI scientists for semiconductor material discovery.
3
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Blog / news
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
4
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Blog / news
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
5
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · careers_page · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Careers
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
6
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · about_page · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: About / company
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
7
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · careers_page · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Careers
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
8
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · blog · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Blog / news
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
9
Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM · about_page · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: About / company
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
10
Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM · product · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Customers
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
11
Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM · product · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Pricing
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
12
Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM · news · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Press
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
13
Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM · news · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: News
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
14
Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM · hiring · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Jobs page
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
15
Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM · founder · 90% · publichigh quality
Source ↗Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source: Team page
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
16
Wed, May 20, 06:12 PM · press · 85% · verified_publicmedium quality
Source ↗Launch YC: Matforge
Compress 10+ year lab discovery to months with agent swarms.
Official / company site
1 row(s)
company_site·Wed, May 20, 06:12 PM·Confidence 85%high qualityverified_public
Matforge
AI scientists for material discovery in semiconductors.
https://matforge.ai/News
8 row(s)
about_page·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: About / company
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/companyabout_page·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: About / company
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/aboutproduct·Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Customers
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/customersproduct·Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Pricing
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/pricingnews·Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Press
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/pressnews·Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: News
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/newsfounder·Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Team page
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/teampress·Wed, May 20, 06:12 PM·Confidence 85%medium qualityverified_public
Launch YC: Matforge
Compress 10+ year lab discovery to months with agent swarms.
https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/Pz0-matforge-ai-scientists-to-discover-new-semiconductor-materialsFunding / news
1 row(s)
funding_article·Wed, May 20, 06:12 PM·Confidence 88%high qualityverified_public
matforge | Y Combinator
Spring 2026 batch; AI scientists for semiconductor material discovery.
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/matforgeHiring
3 row(s)
careers_page·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Careers
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/jobscareers_page·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Careers
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/careershiring·Sun, May 10, 10:21 PM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Jobs page
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/jobsBlog
3 row(s)
blog·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Blog / news
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/pressblog·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Blog / news
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/newsblog·Mon, May 11, 04:38 AM·Confidence 90%high qualitypublic
Matforge — AI Scientists for Material Discovery
Source name: Blog / news
Matforge builds AI scientists to discover new materials in the semiconductor industry, compressing the lab-to-fab timeline from years to weeks.
https://matforge.ai/blogPrivate workspace
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