Featured in the December-January edition of Automotive World’s Electric Mobility Magazine, Aionics CEO and co-founder Austin Sendek discussed how nearly all EV battery electrolytes today rely on combinations of the same 11 molecules—a tiny fraction of the 50 billion possibilities available. However, AI could be the key to unlocking this vast untapped pool, a breakthroughContinue reading “Aionics Featured in Automotive World”
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Podcast: How Aionics is Shaping Battery 3.0
Aionics co-founder and CEO Austin Sendek sat down with The Battery Podcast to discuss how AI is harnessed in the battery development field and how data science, informatics, and computation prediction are changing the material discovery game. You can also listen and read more on this here: How AI is shaping Battery 3.0
Aionics announces new funding, expansion into aviation
Great news – Aionics is expanding into aviation through a joint development partnership in the eVTOL field, along with welcoming a new advisor, Gary Gaysin! Following this announcement, our co-founders, Drs. Austin Sendek and Venkat Viswanathan spoke with The Air Current and AviationWeek about how this expansion builds on the company’s momentum and how recentContinue reading “Aionics announces new funding, expansion into aviation”
Dr. Venkat Viswanathan wins the 2024 Energy Lectureship Award for Energy Storage by ACS Energy Letters
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Venkat Viswanathan, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist of Aionics, Inc., has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Energy Lectureship Award for Energy Storage by ACS Energy Letters. Dr. Viswanathan is an Associate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he leads a pioneering interdisciplinary groupContinue reading “Dr. Venkat Viswanathan wins the 2024 Energy Lectureship Award for Energy Storage by ACS Energy Letters”
Aionics Named Honoree in “Small and Mighty” Category of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards
From a solution to repurpose cold plasma to treat seeds to 3D printed living seawalls, the eighth annual awards honor new and inspiring solutions to the most daunting challenges of today. PALO ALTO, Calif. [May 14, 2024] — The winners and honorees of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, highlighting freshContinue reading “Aionics Named Honoree in “Small and Mighty” Category of Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards”
Aionics Named to CB Insights’ AI 100 2024
CB Insights today named Aionics to its eighth-annual AI 100, showcasing the 100 most promising private AI companies of 2024. “AI is taking off at lightning speed, and it’s not just big tech companies at the forefront of it,” said Deepashri Varadharajan, director of AI research at CB Insights. “Our AI 100 winners – many of themContinue reading “Aionics Named to CB Insights’ AI 100 2024”
Aionics partners with Cellforce, featured in TechCrunch and MIT Technology Review
We are excited to unveil that Aionics has entered into a joint development partnership with CELLFORCE GROUP to design the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles on beyond. The announcement was initially made on October 5th, 2023 by CEO Austin Sendek on the stage of the UP.Partners UP Summit 2023 and, at the sameContinue reading “Aionics partners with Cellforce, featured in TechCrunch and MIT Technology Review”
Record-Breaking Solid Electrolyte Discovered by Machine Learning, Confirmed by Experiments
Can machine learning and quantum mechanical simulation techniques actually lead to real discoveries for battery applications? According to a new study in ACS Energy Letters, the answer is yes. The study, co-authored by Aionics co-founder Austin Sendek and a team from Stanford University, reports experimental measurements on a new solid lithium-ion electrolyte material that appears to break recordsContinue reading “Record-Breaking Solid Electrolyte Discovered by Machine Learning, Confirmed by Experiments”
Aionics Is All-In On Next-Generation Electrolytes: International Battery Seminar 2023
Aionics is going all-in on designing and commercializing next-generation electrolytes for batteries and beyond, CEO Austin Sendek announced at the International Battery Seminar in Orlando last week. The announcement reflects a commitment to commercializing new materials, not software tools, for the energy transition, Sendek said. Highlighting the enormous size of the chemical design space forContinue reading “Aionics Is All-In On Next-Generation Electrolytes: International Battery Seminar 2023”
Forbes 30 Under 30 list includes Aionics Fortnightly guests Dr. Nicholas Grundish and Shashank Sripad
Forbes released 2023’s 30 Under 30 in Energy list last week, and it included two guest speakers from the Aionics Fortnightly series: Dr. Nicholas Grundish (Ep. 27) and Dr. Shashank Sripad (Ep. 21). Dr. Nicholas Grundish is the Vice President of Battery Technology at Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. where he leads the technical and businessContinue reading “Forbes 30 Under 30 list includes Aionics Fortnightly guests Dr. Nicholas Grundish and Shashank Sripad”
Aionics Senior Scientist Peter Schindler Joins Northeastern University
Dr. Peter Schindler, former Senior Scientist at Aionics, has joined the faculty of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. Schindler joined Aionics in 2021 and went on to become a key contributor in several areas of Aionics’ growth, most notably in the development and launch of its Centaur DFT simulation capabilities.Continue reading “Aionics Senior Scientist Peter Schindler Joins Northeastern University”
Aionics Unveils Centaur Computing, Sepion Technologies Partnership at International Battery Seminar
Aionics CEO Dr. Austin Sendek unveiled Aionics’ new Centaur Computing approach to materials design from the stage of the International Battery Seminar and Exhibit in Orlando last week, explaining that Aionics’ newest workflow blends both physical experimentation and targeted quantum mechanical simulation to build better AI models for battery materials discovery and optimization. Citing bothContinue reading “Aionics Unveils Centaur Computing, Sepion Technologies Partnership at International Battery Seminar”