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83 Sciences

YC Summer 2026 Active

AI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental data

https://83sciences.ai ↗
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Your thesis: “We back exceptional technical founders building AI-first products and infrastructure, deploying $100K checks within 24 hours.”

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YC company pages list founders in page JSON, but we only scrape a capped slice of the directory. Pull this slug with .venv/bin/python run_sourcing.py --sources yc_founders --slugs 83-sciences then re-ingest. Open on YC ↗

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