LG CNS Named Founding Member of Global AI Materials Consortium, Supports AX for Korean Companies

Joining the CuspAI Consortium
A Gathering of Leaders Including NVIDIA and Meta

LG CNS is joining a global AI materials development consortium that includes big tech companies such as NVIDIA and Meta, becoming a member representing the Korean IT sector. Through this collaboration, the company plans to support the AI Transformation (AX) of domestic materials companies.

On July 27, LG CNS announced that it has been selected as a founding member of the "AI Materials Foundry," a global consortium led by the UK AI startup CuspAI.

LG CNS Headquarters. LG CNS

This consortium is a global alliance where companies and research institutions in the fields of AI, chemistry, materials, and computing infrastructure unite to leverage AI for the development of new materials. The aim is to integrate participating companies' high-quality experimental data, research networks, and computing infrastructure into CuspAI's agentic AI platform, thereby reducing the cost and time required for new materials development. A total of 48 global companies and research organizations, including NVIDIA, Meta, and AMD, are participating.

CuspAI, headquartered in London, is an AI startup that combines artificial intelligence with materials science, developing a platform that shortens the new materials development process and uses AI to design and explore novel substances. The company recently raised approximately $450 million (about 680 billion won) in investments, achieving a corporate valuation of about 4 trillion won.

To support companies engaged in new materials discovery, LG CNS plans to utilize the CuspAI agentic AI platform. When required conditions and properties for material development are entered into the platform, the AI generates and verifies candidate materials based on the experimental data it has learned.

As a platform delivery partner, LG CNS enables domestic manufacturing and materials companies to develop new materials within a research ecosystem, even without investing in expensive research equipment or large-scale AI infrastructure. The company handles everything from material data processing for the platform and interpreting verification results to platform operation and maintenance, allowing clients to conduct new materials development projects without the need for dedicated AI personnel.

The CuspAI platform ensures technical security and intellectual property (IP) protection by isolating and managing client data on independent, dedicated servers. It also grants ownership of new material-related patents to commissioning companies.

Minyong Jang, Senior Vice President and Head of the Chemical/Battery Division at LG CNS, stated, "Improving cost and time efficiency in the field of new materials development translates directly into a core competitive edge for companies. Since AI is now a necessity rather than an option, LG CNS will fulfill its role as an AX partner, enabling domestic manufacturing and materials companies to leverage a world-class AI-based new materials research ecosystem and achieve tangible business outcomes at an early stage."

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