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83 Sciences launch: what they're building and where to launch next

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What they're building

AI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental data

Batch
Y Combinator Summer 2026
Industry
Industrials
Team size
3
Based
San Francisco, CA, USA

Founders

83sciences.ai ↗

See their funding details ↗

83 Sciences on the record

What they shipped

  • From its YC profile: 83 Sciences uses AI to mine discarded experimental data and drive scientific breakthroughs. Working alongside labs, we discover the materials that will power the new Industrial Revolution. (source)
  • Its own site describes it as: "83 Sciences turns the world's unused experimental data into the materials and manufacturing processes powering the next industrial revolution." (source)

Who is behind it

  • Ian Naccarella, Founder/CEO: Founder at 83 Sciences developing the future of scientific discovery. Previously a fellow at MIT focused on commercializing IP out of the ecosystem, a strategy manager at Sila Nanotechnologies (battery materials unicorn), and a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Hold a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford and MBA from Harvard Business School. (source)
  • Eric Riesel, Founder/CTO: Founder at 83 Sciences. Experimental chemist and ML researcher with a PhD in inorganic chemistry from MIT, where I built machine learning systems to analyze complex materials data in minutes instead of days. My research spans quantum materials, generative models, and experimental data analysis, including one of the first generative approaches for chemical experimental data. BA in Chemistry from Columbia. (source)
  • Yankang Yang, Founder/COO: Founder at 83 Sciences. Former BCG Principal; led the firm's AI program scaling tools and AI practices to 30,000+ users globally. Harvard CS & EE undergrad. Past robotics research (Wyss Institute) and biosignals research (Roswell Park) experience (source)
  • 3 open roles listed on its YC jobs page when the profile was read (2026-09-05). (source)

Timeline

  1. 2026: founded, per its YC profile. (source)

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