
Dunia is a company focused on accelerating the discovery of electro-active materials for the chemical industry, aiming to support a sustainable future and the energy transition. They achieve this by integrating cutting-edge robotics and advanced algorithms, creating an autonomous laboratory environment named Iris. This platform facilitates a closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze cycle, significantly reducing the R&D timeline for material innovation from years to months and potentially lowering costs. Their mission is to decarbonize chemical processes, with an initial goal of developing the world's first cost-effective CO2 electrolyzer. They work with industries like fuels, plastics, fertilizers, and textiles to innovate carbon-neutral processes and create new markets for sustainable chemicals and fuels.

Dunia is a company focused on accelerating the discovery of electro-active materials for the chemical industry, aiming to support a sustainable future and the energy transition. They achieve this by integrating cutting-edge robotics and advanced algorithms, creating an autonomous laboratory environment named Iris. This platform facilitates a closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze cycle, significantly reducing the R&D timeline for material innovation from years to months and potentially lowering costs. Their mission is to decarbonize chemical processes, with an initial goal of developing the world's first cost-effective CO2 electrolyzer. They work with industries like fuels, plastics, fertilizers, and textiles to innovate carbon-neutral processes and create new markets for sustainable chemicals and fuels.
Mission: Accelerate discovery of electro-active materials to decarbonize chemical processes
Core product: Iris — an autonomous closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze (DMTA) laboratory platform
Founded: 2022
Recent funding: $11.5M (Oct 2024)
Headcount (approx.): 51
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Accelerating discovery and manufacturability of electrochemical materials for chemicals, fuels, and related industries to enable carbon-neutral processes.
2022
DeepTech
$11,500,000
Syndicate included Elaia, Redalpine, Kindred Capital, Anglo American, Deep Science Ventures, Pace Ventures and others.
“Investor syndicate includes corporate and VC participation (e.g., Anglo American, Elaia, Redalpine, Kindred Capital, Deep Science Ventures, Pace Ventures)”
Your mission Define how AI models for materials discovery are evaluated, compared, and trusted Dunia is building AI for one of the hardest unsolved problems in science: turning materials discovery from an academic, trial-and-error process into a programmable, scalable discipline.
As our models grow more complex and our experimental throughput increases, the limiting factor is no longer generating predictions, but knowing which ones to believe.
As Materials Informatics Scientist (Evaluation-focused), you will own the evaluation and validation of AI models applied to materials discovery. Your role is to ensure that model performance claims are meaningful, comparable, and decision-relevant, and that progress in AI for Materials reflects real improvements in discovery, not artifacts of metrics or datasets.
This role is not about building new models. It is about defining the standards by which models are judged.
Your tasks will include: Own evaluation as a scientific discipline
Interrogate and compare models
Connect AI performance to real outcomes
Build robust analytical tooling
Communicate truth clearly
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About Us Dunia, meaning “world” in over 20 languages, reflects our global mission: to drive clean energy innovation in the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors. With cutting-edge physics AI technology, we’re accelerating breakthroughs in materials science to help reduce global CO2 emissions by billions of tons annually. Join us and make a real difference in a dynamic, impact-driven environment.
We strive to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and safe to be their authentic self. Non-traditional career paths are welcome and valued. If you share our vision, you can be certain that we want you to succeed. You might be just the right candidate for this or for other roles that have not opened yet. Reach out!