We’re leading a 300M founding round for @periodiclabs. Science today is bottlenecked by slow, manual experimentation. Periodic is changing that. They’re building AI scientists paired with autonomous laboratories that can hypothesize, experiment, and iterate at speeds impossible for human-led labs. Their first target: superconductors and semiconductors that could unlock breakthroughs in transportation, energy grids, and next-gen chips. This is what happens when frontier AI meets the scientific method. Excited to partner with @LiamFedus @ekindogus and the team as they reimagine how science gets done.(a16z)