Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · 17 June 2026 · 77 min

πŸ”¬ The Self-Driving Lab β€” Joseph Krause, Radical AI

This episode features Joseph Krause, CEO of Radical AI, discussing how his company is revolutionizing materials science through self-driving labs. He explains the challenges of materials discovery compared to biology, emphasizing the need for experimental data and a closed-loop system to accelerate the development and qualification of new alloys. Krause also delves into the role of AI in hypothesis generation, the difficulties of lab automation, and the strategic importance of experimental data as a competitive moat.

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