Liam Fettis

Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | Teaching AI to Touch Atoms

Liam Ferriss, Dorje Chubak, Liam Fettis, Doge Chubbuck

Founded by Liam Fettis and Doge Chubbuck, Periodic Labs operates a 50-person facility in Menlo Park where former AI researchers and physicists utilize their "Anas" AI agent to autonomously synthesize and verify new materials. The company recently pivoted from a purely computational model to a hybrid approach that rapidly closes the feedback loop between machine learning predictions and physical experiments, specifically targeting high-temperature superconductors and semiconductor components. By automating the prediction, synthesis, and characterization pipeline, Periodic Labs aims to overcome critical industry bottlenecks in energy efficiency and computing hardware while advancing the broader engineering of atomic-scale matter.