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Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk

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Periodic Labs, founded in September 2025 by AI pioneers Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk, aims to build AI scientists that accelerate scientific discovery through autonomous experimentation. Within a year, the lab has become renowned for its high talent density and progress in integrating AI with real-world scientific experiments, moving beyond traditional data training approaches.

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