A Year-End Message from Aixelo 2024

Aixelo Celebrates 2024 Accomplishments in Making Advanced AI Accessible to Scientists.

It’s that time of year when companies feel compelled to acknowledge accomplishments and challenges of the past year, highlighting key lessons learned while looking forward to future opportunities and goals with optimism.

So, with apologies from a start-up that prides itself on being different, we at Aixelo beg your forgiveness for behaving like a normal company this one time with a year-end message. With that disclaimer out of the way, on behalf of the Aixelo team, the company’s four founders would like to share our achievements and exciting things ahead our valued partners and collaborators, and key members of the broader community.

As 2024 comes to a close, let us take a moment to celebrate what we’ve accomplished in reshaping and reimagining R&D in the chemical industry. Our progress is only partly measured in reaching major milestones; our greater success is contributing to advancing the broader field of AI-accelerated materials innovation as part of a growing global community.

Aixelo Business Milestones

• Founding Scientific Advisory Board: This pivotal milestone brought together top-tier expertise from such renowned institutions as Stanford University, Northwestern University, TU Delft and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg.
• Beta Release of Aixelo’s R&D Management and AI Platform for Science:
  • Key features include:
    • Efficient Research Project Management
    • Advanced Data Management & Extraction
    • Closed-Loop AI Optimization
  • Successful Applications: During beta testing with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and other organizations, we achieved precise control over morphology in metal-organic film growth with high consistency and a minimal amount of experimental testing, thereby demonstrating a significant boost over our legacy scientific method.
  • Exciting Update: We’re nearing the final stages of beta testing, which means – drumroll, please – the official launch is coming soon! We anticipate unwrapping this post-holiday present in early 2025. Stay tuned!

• Partnerships for the Future: Aixelo joined 25 industry leaders to accelerate AI-driven advancements in emerging photovoltaic technologies with SolarTap.

• Let’s collaborate: We are currently forging partnerships to make off-the-shelf solutions for autonomous discovery a reality, so we’ll be excitedly knocking on your door early next year.

Thought Leadership & Global Recognition

• Sharing a few highlights:
  • EU-BDVA Forum: Aixelo was featured in the “Enabling Cloud-Connected Labs of the Future” session, bringing together the European AI and data-driven research community.
  • Pivotal Research Contributions: We co-authored a significant paper with 34 AI thought leaders dedicated to shaping the future of Materials Acceleration Platforms.
  • MOF2024 International Conference: Aixelo presented “Accelerating MOF Synthesis: An Experimentalist’s Insight into AI Integration” during the Metal-Organic Frameworks Industry Forum.

Reflections on the Materials AI Industry

AI technology in materials science has reached a tipping point. The question of “does it work?” has been replaced with “how can we make advanced AI technology easy to use, accessible and actionable for lab teams?” At Aixelo, our commitment is to bridge this very gap.

Before we put a bow on this year-end message, please accept our deep gratitude for your continued support. May our collaborations in 2025 yield results that are not only mutually beneficial, but transform the future of materials innovation for the better good.

Thank you for being a part of our journey this year, and we look forward to what's to come.

Cheers,

Dr. Christoph Kreisbeck

Dr. Manuel Tsotsalas

Dr. Yi Luo

Dr. Pascal Friederich