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Surface Design Solutions

Category: AI in Analytics & BI

A software company providing a physics-informed AI platform to help manufacturers optimize material surface design for enhanced performance and longevity. Surface Design Solutions was founded in 2022. The company is led by Tevis Jacobs. Based in Pittsburgh, USA. Team size: 2-10. Total funding raised: $465,000. Latest round: Grant. Key investors include Richard King Mellon Foundation.

Founded
2022
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, USA
Team size
2-10
Total funding
$465,000

Value proposition

To improve production efficiency, extend product lifetimes, and reduce the need for costly physical testing by accurately predicting material performance based on its surface characteristics.

Products and solutions

A science-guided software platform that analyzes surface data to provide customized, predictive metrics for material performance.

Unique value

The company's AI platform is uniquely capable of generating accurate insights from small datasets, a common challenge in manufacturing, by integrating fundamental scientific principles with machine learning.

Target customer

Manufacturers in sectors where material surface properties are critical, such as powder-based metals and tooling.

Industries served

Manufacturing, Metals Manufacturing

Technology advantage

The core technological advantage is its use of 'physics-informed machine learning'. This approach constrains the AI model with the laws of physics, leading to more accurate and reliable predictions of how material surfaces will behave in real-world conditions.

How they differentiate

Surface Design Solutions differentiates itself through its unique physics-informed AI platform that guides manufacturers in optimizing production yield, product performance, and production efficiency using existing measurements.

Main competitors

3DChimera, Sapience TechSystems, R and W Tooling Solutions

Key partnerships

Richard King Mellon Foundation (secured funding), The Forge (AI Horizons Summit collaborator)

Notable customers

Not publicly available

Major milestones

Secured $365,000 in funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation., Won the $100,000 pitch competition at the AI Horizons Summit.

Growth metrics

Not publicly available

Market positioning

The company is positioned as a specialized provider of advanced manufacturing software, targeting companies that want to leverage AI to improve their surface engineering and manufacturing processes.

Geographic focus

The company is based in Pittsburgh, USA, and its initial focus appears to be the North American market.

Patents and IP

Information on specific patents is not publicly available.

About Tevis Jacobs

President at Surface Design Solutions and William Kepler Whiteford Professor at the University of Pittsburgh with a research focus on surface topography and its influence on material properties.

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