Chad Edwards
Co-founder and CEO, CuspAI
His startup CuspAI used AI to narrow 300 trillion possible structures to 20 molecules that might pull 'forever chemicals' out of water.
- Born
- Not published
- Now
- Co-founder and CEO, CuspAI
- Studied
- Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Interesting facts
- Before AI
A trained chemist whose PhD covered nuclear fission and computational quantum chemistry, much of it spent making materials in a lab.
siliconvalleyinvestclub.com - Numbers
Helped grow Cambridge Quantum from 14 to 550 employees, landing early customers such as Airbus, BMW and Roche.
siliconvalleyinvestclub.com - Turning point
In late 2023 he read papers suggesting machine learning could transform materials discovery without waiting for quantum computers, and started CuspAI.
siliconvalleyinvestclub.com - Numbers
CuspAI's work with Kemira searched about 300 trillion possible structures to find materials for removing PFAS from drinking water.
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CuspAI raised $450 million in July 2026 at a $2.6 billion valuation, about two years after it was founded.
time.com - Connection
Co-founded CuspAI with machine learning professor Max Welling.
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Career
- CuspAICo-founder and CEO2024 to now
- QuantinuumVP of Strategic Partnerships and Global Head of Strategy, Cambridge Quantum2018–2024
Education
- MBA, Alliance Manchester Business School
- PhD, Nuclear fission and computational quantum chemistry, University of Manchester
- PhD, Nuclear fission and computational quantum chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Master's, Chemistry, University of Manchester