SES AI Corporation (“SES AI”) (NYSE: SES), a global leader in
the development and manufacturing of high-performance Li-Metal
batteries, today announced a groundbreaking initiative to
accelerate material discovery in electric transportation. By
mapping the universe of small molecules using a cutting-edge
supercomputer optimized for artificial intelligence (“AI”), this
pioneering project aims to revolutionize the understanding of
battery chemistry, enhance energy storage solutions, and advance
energy efficient technology. The initiative will leverage Crusoe’s
innovative and purpose-built AI cloud platform, powered by NVIDIA
and Supermicro, showcasing a unique collaboration at the
intersection of science, computing, and sustainable computing.
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The Untapped Potential in Battery Chemistry
Optimizing electrolytes--composed of small molecules--is
critical to unlocking the full potential of lithium-metal
batteries. Over the past 30 years, the battery industry has studied
roughly 1,000 (103) organic molecules and achieved a coulombic
efficiency of over 99.6%. However, there are an estimated 1012
organic molecules under 20 atoms and 1060 organic molecules under
30 atoms, indicating vast untapped potential for discovering new
molecules that could revolutionize battery technology and have
significant implications for all of science.
Revolutionizing Battery Innovation with AI
SES AI, known for its cutting-edge lithium-metal batteries used
in electric vehicles (“EV”) and urban air mobility (“UAM”), has
been at the forefront of battery technology since its founding in
2012. SES AI has continually pushed the envelope in battery safety
and performance, leveraging AI to accelerate innovation. SES AI’s
AI-driven initiatives include:
- AI for Manufacturing: Analysing manufacturing data to
ensure quality and safety.
- AI for Safety: Predicting battery incidents to ensure
nearly 100% battery safety in the field.
- AI for Science: Mapping the molecular universe to
discover next-generation materials.
"AI is changing everything. Our AI for Manufacturing, AI for
Safety, and AI for Science models are accelerating the
commercialization, time to revenue, and profitability of Li-Metal
for EV and UAM," said Qichao Hu, CEO of SES AI.
Harnessing the Power of AI
The AI for Science initiative begins with the use of NVIDIA HGX
H100 GPU clusters to generate a comprehensive database, predicting
the electronic structures and properties of each molecule. This
database will be the foundation for the construction, pre-training,
and fine-tuning of physics-informed machine learning (“ML”) models
leveraging Crusoe Cloud H100 virtualized instances built with
NVIDIA HGX technology." Expanding upon the capabilities of the
foundation model, SES AI will next construct, train, and fine-tune
an advanced generative model. These efforts are uniquely
supported by Crusoe’s sustainable computing infrastructure, helping
ensure that the intensive computational tasks are carried out
efficiently and with minimal environmental impact.
The final phase will involve the creation of a multimodal large
language model (LLM) and AI agent, training a 70-billion-parameter
Llama 3 model on approximately 200 billion tokens from various
battery-related texts and literature. This is enabled by the
NVIDIA accelerated computing platform and Supermicro’s
high-performance hardware, significantly broadening the scope and
accuracy of SES AI’s predictive capabilities. The most
promising candidates from this AI-driven analysis will undergo
rigorous laboratory testing in SES AI’s Electrolyte Foundry, where
the candidates will be synthesized, evaluated in battery cells, and
assessed for real-world performance.
“With access to more NVIDIA GPUs, we expect to map a large
enough molecular universe that our AI model training will reach
sufficient accuracy. Once we have this map, we believe we can
accelerate material discovery for any battery problem. This
includes not just Li-Metal for EVs and UAMs, but also Li-ion
batteries for consumer electronics, grid storage, automotive, and
other applications,” added Hu.
Powering AI for Science with Crusoe
Crusoe® Cloud is a purpose-built AI-cloud platform that offers
the latest NVIDIA GPUs, high-performance networking and storage
solutions. Crusoe powers its cloud platform by developing,
building, and utilizing a differentiated portfolio of clean energy
solutions to minimize the environmental impacts of both energy
production and computing.
This project will leverage Crusoe’s climate-aligned cloud
platform, powered by NVIDIA and Supermicro.
“By collaborating with Crusoe, NVIDIA, and Supermicro, we
combine cutting-edge AI with sustainable computing infrastructure
to drive breakthroughs in battery innovation. This project embodies
our commitment to sustainability and technological advancement,”
noted Hu.
Statements from Key Partners
Chase Lochmiller, CEO, Crusoe: “Crusoe is dedicated to
aligning the future of computing with the future of the climate. By
providing a sustainable and cost-effective AI cloud platform, we
are supporting SES AI’s vision to map the molecular universe and
create ground-breaking AI models that could accelerate a
sustainable future. This collaboration showcases how advanced
computing can drive scientific progress while minimizing
environmental impact.”
Matt McGrigg, Director of Global Business Development for
Cloud Partners, NVIDIA: “Energy efficiency and minimal
environmental impact are crucial in advancing computational
workflows. As part of its collaboration with Crusoe, SES AI is
using NVIDIA’s GPUs and AI technology to harness powerful compute
capabilities that will help unlock new potential in battery
innovation and energy storage solutions.”
Cenly Chen, Chief Growth Officer, Supermicro:
“Supermicro’s high-performance computing solutions are designed to
support intensive workloads and innovative projects like SES AI’s
initiative in AI for Science. We are excited to contribute to this
effort with our advanced and energy-efficient hardware.”
A Vision for the Future
SES AI’s initiative to map the molecular universe represents a
significant leap forward in battery technology. By harnessing the
power of AI and sustainable computing, the project is set to
uncover significant breakthroughs in battery technology, helping
drive widespread adoption of clean, sustainable electric transport,
and innovation and industrial applications across materials
science, technology, and pharmaceuticals.
For more information about SES AI and its initiatives, please
visit the SES AI website.
About SES AI:
SES AI Corp. (NYSE: SES) is powering the future of global
electric transportation on land and in the air with the world’s
most advanced Li-Metal batteries. SES AI is the first battery
company in the world to accelerate its pace of innovation by
utilizing superintelligent AI across the spectrum of its business,
from research and development; materials sourcing; cell design;
engineering and manufacturing; to battery health and safety
monitoring. Founded in 2012, SES AI is an Li-Metal battery
developer and manufacturer headquartered in Boston and with
operations in Singapore, Shanghai, and Seoul. Learn more at
SES.AI.
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“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, statements relating to
expectations for future financial performance, business strategies
or expectations for our business. These statements are based on the
beliefs and assumptions of the management of SES AI. Although SES
AI believes that its plans, intentions and expectations reflected
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You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. Should one or more of a number of known and unknown
risks and uncertainties materialize, or should any of SES AI’s
assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results or performance may
be materially different from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual
results to differ include, but are not limited to the following
risks: risks related to the development and commercialization of
SES AI’s battery technology and the timing and achievement of
expected business milestones; risks relating to the uncertainty of
achieving and maintaining profitability; risks relating to the
uncertainty of meeting future capital requirements; the ability of
SES to integrate its products into electric vehicles (“EVs”) and
Urban Air Mobility (“UAM"), drones and other applications; the risk
that delays in the pre-manufacturing development of SES AI’s
battery cells could adversely affect SES AI’s business and
prospects; the market for air mobility, and for use of Li-Metal
technology in air mobility applications, is still emerging and may
not achieve the growth potential we expect; risks relating to the
development of the UAM market and demand for batteries from the UAM
industry; potential supply chain difficulties; the ability of SES
AI to engage target original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”)
customers successfully and integrate SES AI’s products into EVs
manufactured by OEM customers; the ability to obtain raw materials,
components or equipment through new or existing supply
relationships; SES AI’s use of artificial intelligence and machine
learning may result in legal and regulatory risk; risks resulting
from SES AI’s joint development agreements and other strategic
alliances and investments; product liability and other potential
litigation, regulation and legal compliance; SES AI’s ability to
attract, train and retain highly skilled employees and key
personnel; developments in alternative technology or other fossil
fuel alternatives; risks related to SES AI’s intellectual property;
business, regulatory, political, operational, financial and
economic risks related to SES AI’s business operations outside the
United States; SES AI has identified material weaknesses in its
internal control over financial reporting and may identify material
weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to develop or maintain
an effective system of internal controls; the volatility of SES
AI’s common stock and value of SES AI’s public warrants; and the
other risks described in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our
annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on
February 27, 2024 and other documents filed from time to time with
the SEC. There may be additional risks that SES AI presently knows
and/or believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results
to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
In addition, forward-looking statements reflect SES AI’s
expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views only as
of the date of this press release. SES AI anticipates that
subsequent events and developments will cause its assessments to
change. However, while SES AI may elect to update these
forward-looking statements at some point in the future, SES AI
specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing SES AI’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the
date of this press release.
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