What NobleAI does

NobleAI (legal entity Noble Artificial Intelligence, Inc.) is a privately held, San Francisco-based AI software company founded in 2018 that builds a Science-Based AI (SBAI) platform aimed at accelerating research and development for chemical, material, and energy products. Its core offering is the cloud-based Visualizations, Insights & Predictions (VIP) Platform, which hosts proprietary ensemble models that embed physics, chemistry, and materials-science laws directly into machine learning to deliver explainable, data-efficient predictions and inverse design across multi-scale problems. The platform is augmented by a no-code Model Builder, a Deploy Your Own Models (DYOM) capability, and the RAIR (Risk Assessment and Ingredient Replacement) workflow, with a curated SBAI element repository called NobleHub and legacy marketplace SKUs (NobleReactor, NobleBattery, NobleChemistry).

The company sells primarily to enterprise R&D teams in energy, chemistry, and manufacturing, with named customers spanning oil & gas (ExxonMobil), specialty chemicals (ICL Industrial Products), cable materials (Viakable), and industrial lubricants (Vickers Oils). Its go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales, a presence on Microsoft Azure Marketplace (since September 2023), and a formal partner program for resellers, SIs, and consultancies, supported by a co-marketed collaboration with Microsoft Azure Quantum Elements. Pricing is custom subscription-based, tied to deployment scale, users, modules, and compute, structured as multi-year enterprise contracts.

NobleAI has raised approximately $17.7M in Series A (2023, led by Microsoft's M12) and $10M+ in a Series A extension (April 2024, led by Sway Ventures), with a board including M12, Chevron Technology Ventures, Sway Capital, Dorilton Ventures, General Purpose VC, Touring Capital, and Prime Movers Lab. In December 2025, Alex Wang was appointed CEO to lead the next growth phase, and in June 2026 the company achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance (audited by A-LIGN), strengthening its enterprise procurement posture. The company is privately held, headquartered in San Francisco with a Concord, CA mailing address, and has 11–50 employees.

Name

NobleAI

Legal name

Noble Artificial Intelligence, Inc.

Website

https://noble.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NobleAI provides a Science-Based AI platform (VIP Platform) that embeds physics, chemistry, and materials-science laws into ML models to accelerate chemical, material, and energy R&D for enterprise customers across energy, chemistry, manufacturing, and CPG verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Materials Informatics & AI-Driven R&D Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (5132)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B SaaS & Enterprise Personalization (CRM, Sales, Support) (HDAAAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Materials informatics software
• AI-driven formulation design
• Predictive chemistry modeling
• Energy asset optimization
• R&D acceleration platform

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. VIP Platform subscription: Pricing is subscription-based and tailored to deployment scale, number of users, modules required, and compute needs; NobleAI works with customers to define a plan aligned with R&D objectives, implying land-and-expand across teams and use cases.
2. Enterprise licensing of SBAI models and applications (e.g., Model Builder For Formulations): Named customers such as Vickers Oils license NobleAI's VIP Platform alongside specific applications (e.g., Model Builder For Formulations) to perform AI-driven experimentation in software under multi-year enterprise arrangements.
3. Microsoft Azure Marketplace sales: Distribution of NobleReactor, NobleBattery, and NobleChemistry solutions via Microsoft's Azure Marketplace, enabling enterprise procurement through cloud marketplace channels.
4. Professional services (onboarding, training, dedicated support): NobleAI provides onboarding, training sessions, documentation, and ongoing technical support to ensure customer teams can maximize value from SBAI and the VIP Platform, often scoped into enterprise deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

NobleAI sells a cloud-based Visualizations, Insights & Predictions (VIP) Platform that runs its proprietary Science-Based AI (SBAI) models to help industrial R&D teams in chemicals, materials, formulations, and energy accelerate product development. Customers use VIP to manage scientific data, build or import predictive models via a no-code Model Builder, run forward predictions and inverse design/optimization, and perform risk-based ingredient substitution (RAIR), compressing R&D cycles from months to minutes.

Product overview

NobleAI delivers a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core is the cloud-based VIP Platform (Visualizations, Insights, and Predictions), which hosts and serves all of NobleAI's Science-Based AI (SBAI) models and provides data management, model management, insight generation, visualization, and reporting capabilities. On top of the VIP Platform, NobleAI offers an add-on Model Builder (no-code SBAI model authoring), a Deploy Your Own Models (DYOM) capability for in-house model integration, and the RAIR (Risk Assessment and Ingredient Replacement) workflow for regulatory-driven reformulation. SBAI itself is the proprietary AI technology that powers every product: custom ensembles that embed physics, chemistry, and materials-science laws to deliver data-efficient, explainable predictions and optimizations. The NobleHub repository supplies pre-built SBAI elements and datasets that accelerate model development. Earlier-branded solutions (NobleReactor, NobleBattery, NobleChemistry) and the legacy NobleAI Reactor Platform are referenced in older marketing and on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, but the current product portfolio centers on the VIP Platform plus its modules and SBAI.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NobleReactor: AI-powered chemical and materials informatics solution launched on Microsoft Azure Marketplace, focused on accelerating R&D for chemical and material products.
• NobleBattery
• NobleChemistry
• VIP Platform (Visualizations, Insights & Predictions Platform)

Products and services

• VIP Platform (Visualizations, Insights & Predictions)

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces downstream R&D and testing cycles by up to 75% in fuels, lubricants, additives, and advanced materials
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor, flagship and core.

• A-LIGNminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 18 June 2026Independent security audit firm that conducted NobleAI's SOC 2 Type II audit (announced June 18, 2026), validating security, availability, and confidentiality controls. A-LIGN SOC 2 badge displayed in site footer.
• Microsoft (Azure Quantum Elements)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 October 2023Groundbreaking collaboration announced October 25, 2023, integrating high-performance computing, AI, and quantum computing via Microsoft Azure Quantum Elements to empower scientists to accelerate chemical and materials discovery. Jointly marketed overview (NobleAI + Microsoft AQE) and a dedicated partner blog are published on NobleAI's site. Microsoft also invested via its M12 venture fund.
• Microsoft Azure MarketplacecoreTechnology or Integration · 7 September 2023NobleAI launched NobleReactor, NobleBattery, and NobleChemistry on Microsoft's Azure Marketplace in September 2023, enabling cloud marketplace procurement and joint go-to-market with Microsoft.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Materials Zone: Materials informatics platform that ingests experimental and characterization data to support materials R&D. Comparable target customers in advanced materials and chemicals and a similar data-platform-plus-AI offering, positioning it as a direct peer in the materials informatics category.
• Kebotix: AI-for-materials discovery startup combining robotics, generative AI, and chemistry. Comparable focus on accelerating new materials and chemicals discovery for industrial customers, though more research-stage and less enterprise-platform mature than NobleAI.
• Citrine Informatics: Direct competitor applying AI and data infrastructure to materials and chemicals R&D. Closely comparable target customers (specialty chemicals, metals, advanced materials), similar data platform + AI modeling stack, and a comparable focus on accelerating formulation and materials discovery for industrial customers.
• Uncountable: AI-enabled R&D data platform for materials and chemicals companies, focused on formulation and product development. Comparable vertical SaaS model, similar mid-market/enterprise chemicals customers, and overlapping formulation optimization and ingredient substitution use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Schrödinger: Public computational chemistry and materials science platform (pharma and industrial materials). Overlaps with NobleAI in physics-based modeling and materials informatics, but serves a much broader customer base including pharma/biotech and operates a more general-purpose simulation suite.
• Ansys: Global engineering simulation incumbent whose materials and chemistry simulation tools compete for the same industrial R&D budget as NobleAI. Comparable in serving energy and manufacturing customers, but as a broad multiphysics platform rather than a specialized materials informatics vendor.
• Dassault Systèmes (BIOVIA): Enterprise PLM and scientific informatics suite whose BIOVIA brand targets materials science, formulation, and chemistry R&D. Comparable enterprise chemicals/materials customer base, but embedded in Dassault's larger 3DEXPERIENCE platform rather than a standalone science-AI specialist.
• IBM RXN for Chemistry: IBM's AI-for-chemistry platform (RXN) targeting reaction prediction and synthesis planning. Comparable AI-for-chemistry positioning and large enterprise reach, but free/broadly accessible rather than enterprise-SaaS-priced, and embedded inside IBM's broader hybrid cloud and AI portfolio.
• Aspen Technology: Industrial AI and asset optimization software serving chemicals, energy, and manufacturing. Overlaps with NobleAI's energy asset optimization use cases (e.g., reservoir/operations optimization), but operates as a broad industrial software suite rather than an AI-for-science specialist.

Emerging players

• Iktos: AI-for-molecular-design startup with generative chemistry platforms used in drug and materials discovery. Partial overlap with NobleAI's generative chemistry and SBAI optimization approach, but with primary focus on small-molecule drug discovery rather than industrial chemicals/materials.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/noble-ai
• Xx.com/nobleaiofficial

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors17 records

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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