Discovered MaterialsYC P26 landing page report.
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How Discovered Materials ranks

  1. 1.Mat3ra66
  2. 2.Discovered Materials59
  3. 3.Citrine Informatics58
  4. 4.CuspAI52
  5. 5.Radical AI49
  6. 6.Orbital Materials45
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Score over time

8070605040Radical AI 46 on Jun 10 (Wayback)Radical AI 48 on Jun 25 (Wayback)Radical AI 46 on Aug 8 (Wayback)Radical AI 49 on Sep 20 (Live)Orbital Materials 59 on Apr 13 (Wayback)Orbital Materials 58 on Apr 21 (Wayback)Orbital Materials 45 on Sep 20 (Live)CuspAI 54 on Mar 23 (Wayback)CuspAI 53 on Apr 28 (Wayback)CuspAI 56 on Jun 8 (Wayback)CuspAI 52 on Jun 17 (Wayback)CuspAI 53 on Jun 30 (Wayback)CuspAI 52 on Sep 20 (Live)Citrine Informatics 56 on Apr 22 (Wayback)Citrine Informatics 56 on May 6 (Wayback)Citrine Informatics 55 on Jul 2 (Wayback)Citrine Informatics 57 on Jul 27 (Wayback)Citrine Informatics 56 on Aug 13 (Wayback)Citrine Informatics 58 on Sep 20 (Live)Mat3ra 67 on Apr 16 (Wayback)Mat3ra 68 on Apr 24 (Wayback)Mat3ra 66 on Sep 20 (Live)Discovered Materials 64 on Aug 13 (Wayback)Discovered Materials 59 on Sep 20 (Live)Aug 13Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202659LiveOverall −5 · Information hierarchy −14 · Mobile web −6Viewing
  2. Aug 13, 202664First tracked report — strongest Information hierarchy 72, weakest CTA 58View →

CTA

56Fair

Copy, size, verb, cost-feel — does the primary CTA earn the click?

Discovered Materials
Mat3ra
Citrine Informatics

Problems

  • nav-sized, no hero CTA
  • 'Talk to us' feels high-cost
  • no low-commitment alternative

Information hierarchy

58Fair

Does the design help or inhibit what the page is trying to say?

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Hero network animation — Faint, abstract node graph outranks the headline in position yet communicates nothing about materials discovery.
  2. Headline below midpoint — "Accelerating the lab-to-fab timeline" sits in the lower third, so the top half of the scan path carries no message.
  3. Body paragraphs in fold — Two dense announcement paragraphs compete with the headline at similar weight, turning the fold into a blog post.
  4. Talk to us button — Primary CTA is a small nav pill in the far corner, outside the natural left-column reading path.

Trust

58Fair

Proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

Trust read
Discovered Materials"We are backed by a $9M seed round led by Lightspeed, with participation from Y Combinator and Peak XV, and angels like
Radical AINo visible trust signal identified.
Orbital MaterialsNo visible trust signal identified.
CuspAINo visible trust signal identified.
Citrine InformaticsCustomer logo strip featuring GM and LyondellBasell
Mat3raLogo strip with U.S. Air Force, Shell, U.S. Department of Energy, and Tohoku University

Value props

62Fair

Title, subtitle, hero — do they sell the product's true value?

Discovered Materials’s headline undersellsAccelerating the lab-to-fab timelineBacked by Lightspeed, Y Combinator and many more.

Working

  • Names a real outcome: faster lab-to-fab
  • Strong investor proof ($9M, Lightspeed, YC)
  • Body copy is concrete: AI agents for chips

Could improve

  • 'Lab-to-fab' assumes insider knowledge
  • Subhead is proof, not a value claim
  • Hero graphic decorates, doesn't demo

Mobile web

62Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Header Talk to us — Only CTA on the page is a small header pill, not a thumb-sized in-content button.
  2. Uncollapsed nav row — Full desktop link row (Research, News) instead of a hamburger on a phone viewport.
  3. Oversized node graphic — Abstract illustration eats the top ~40% of the fold and pushes the headline down.