Technology
Powered by Aether's Protein Function Model, the discovery platform makes the design, testing, and scaling of new protein functions predictable and repeatable for industrial applications: advanced materials today, critical minerals next.
The challenge
Proteins found in nature are remarkable, but evolution optimizes for survival, not industrial performance. Traditional protein discovery takes years, yields small functional gains, and cannot reliably create proteins for entirely new reactions or industrial environments.
The loop
Predict
The Protein Function Model proposes proteins for functions nature never optimized for: synthesizing polymers for faster printing, binding one rare-earth ion and not its neighbors.
Test
Robotic high-throughput screening runs millions of micro-scale experiments in-house. Every result is data the model did not have yesterday.
Optimize
A real-time loop feeds the results back. Discovery cycles that took years run on engineering timelines: months, not years.
Ship
Comet and Titan are the first products off the loop. Next-generation super materials and critical-mineral processing are in development.
Industrial outcomes
- Synthesize polymers that enable fast, field-ready additive manufacturing.
- Selectively capture minerals at low concentrations from domestic sources.
- Reduce discovery cycles from years to months.