citrine research

What citrine research does

Citrine Informatics is a private enterprise SaaS company headquartered in Redwood City, California, that provides an AI and machine learning platform purpose-built for materials and chemicals development. The platform combines materials informatics with physics-based simulations to accelerate materials discovery, formulation optimization, and product development cycles for enterprise R&D organizations. Its product suite comprises four integrated offerings: Citrine DataManager for managing multi-institutional materials data infrastructure, Citrine VirtualLab for machine learning-guided virtual experimentation, Citrine Catalyst (introduced in October 2023) for generative AI-driven materials product development, and Citrine Professional Services for implementation and workflow optimization.

The company's underlying technology stack spans predictive analytics, sequential experimental design, multi-objective optimization, and process automation, with stated capability to process both structured experimental and process data and multimodal multi-institutional data. Citrine monetizes through quote-based annual enterprise subscriptions sold via a high-touch field sales motion with a 'Request a Demo' conversion path, targeting C-suite, business unit leaders, and product development executives at materials and chemicals buyers across at least 13 verticals including specialty chemicals, polymers, coatings, batteries, metals and alloys, consumer packaged goods, aerospace and defense, and automotive.

The company maintains long-standing strategic research collaborations with seven named academic and government institutions — Carnegie Mellon University, Texas A&M University, UC Berkeley, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, MINES ParisTech, and NIST — which function as both a talent pipeline and a credibility anchor for enterprise procurement. It received an EcoVadis Silver Sustainability Rating in 2023.

Name

citrine research

Legal name

Citrine Informatics

Website

https://citrination.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Citrine Informatics is a private enterprise SaaS company that provides an AI and machine learning platform purpose-built for materials and chemicals product development, serving R&D leaders at materials and chemicals enterprises across at least 13 verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Materials Informatics Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Software Publishers (5132), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Materials informatics software
• AI for materials discovery
• Enterprise SaaS platform
• Generative AI chemistry
• Machine learning R&D

Headquarters

HQ city

Redwood City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Enterprise SaaS Platform: Enterprise SaaS platform subscription model for materials and chemicals companies to access AI-powered product development tools. Includes professional services for implementation and ongoing support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Citrine Informatics sells an enterprise SaaS platform for AI-driven materials and chemicals product development, comprising Citrine DataManager for materials data management, Citrine VirtualLab for ML-guided virtual experimentation, Citrine Catalyst for generative AI-accelerated materials development, and Citrine Professional Services for implementation. The platform serves R&D teams at specialty chemicals, battery, metals, aerospace, automotive, and consumer packaged goods companies to accelerate formulation, optimize multi-objective tradeoffs, and shorten development cycles.

Product overview

Citrine Informatics is an enterprise SaaS platform company offering a portfolio of four integrated products: Citrine DataManager for materials data management, Citrine VirtualLab for virtual experimentation and ML-guided design, Citrine Catalyst for AI-accelerated product development, and Citrine Professional Services for implementation support. The platform leverages generative AI and materials science to help customers improve materials and chemicals development across the product lifecycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Citrine DataManager: Product for materials data management
• Citrine VirtualLab
• Citrine Catalyst
• Citrine Professional Services

Products and services

• Citrine DataManager Data management platform for materials science data that enables combinatorial materials science communities to manage multimodal, multi-institutional data for materials and chemicals R&D.
• Citrine VirtualLab Virtual laboratory platform for materials informatics that enables machine learning-guided materials design and virtual experimentation for chemistry and materials science applications.
• Citrine Catalyst AI-powered platform for accelerating materials and chemicals product development that leverages generative AI and materials science to predict material performance and guide formulation.
• Citrine Professional Services Expert consulting and implementation services to help customers design and operationalize materials informatics workflows alongside the Citrine platform.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Carnegie Mellon UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing academic research collaboration in materials informatics, machine learning, and data management for accelerated materials discovery.
• Texas A&M UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partnership focusing on materials informatics and machine learning applications in materials science.
• University of California, BerkeleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic collaboration in materials informatics research and algorithm development for materials design.
• MINES ParisTechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with the French engineering school specializing in materials science and process optimization.
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment research partnership with NIST for materials data standards and database development.
• Northwestern UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partnership in materials informatics and computational materials science.
• The University of ChicagocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research collaboration in machine learning and materials science applications.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/citrine_io?lang=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/citrine-informatics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

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