Albert Invent, which launched an AI model trained on chemical patents and data about 15M molecules, raised a $55M Series B, a source says at a $340M valuation
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Vertical models like Albert Invent — trained on chemical patents and 15M molecules — are turning R&D lab time into a software margin problem. If you run formulation, materials, or chemistry-heavy product lines, your competitive gap may soon be how fast you plug into these design loops, not how many experiments you can fund.
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