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Updated · Daily Sabah · Aug 7
Periodic Labs Valuation Tops $7 Billion After 5-Fold Jump in 6 Months
Updated
Updated · Daily Sabah · Aug 7

Periodic Labs Valuation Tops $7 Billion After 5-Fold Jump in 6 Months

1 articles · Updated · Daily Sabah · Aug 7

Summary

  • $7 billion is Periodic Labs' reported valuation as of March, up more than fivefold from its $1.3 billion level in September 2025 and pushing the young startup near decacorn status.
  • The company, founded last year by former DeepMind researcher Ekin Doğuş Çubuk and former OpenAI executive Liam Fedus, uses AI and automated robotics labs to speed materials science research.
  • $300 million in seed funding helped propel that rise, making Periodic Labs one of the standout Turkish-founded AI success stories alongside fal.ai, which reached a $4.5 billion valuation after a $140 million Series D.
  • The jump reflects a broader funding pattern in AI: startups.watch says deal counts fell globally in 2025 even as total funding hit a record, with investors concentrating larger bets on likely market leaders.

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