Programmable Crystal Platform

Turning industrial waste into critical minerals at software speed

AI-designed solid-state enzymes that program spec-grade crystal growth from metal-rich waste. One platform for lithium, rare earths, carbonates, and beyond.

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The world needs critical minerals it can't produce fast enough

Lithium, rare earths, high-grade carbonates — demand is surging from EV batteries, semiconductors, and clean energy infrastructure. But mining is slow, geopolitically constrained, and environmentally devastating.

No existing process can program spec-grade crystals from metal-rich waste at scale. The feedstock already exists — in steel slag, recycled magnets, brine, and industrial CO₂ — but the technology to precisely convert it into the minerals we need doesn't. Until now.

Lithium Rare Earths Calcium Carbonate Battery Materials Chip Materials

Every existing method hits a wall at industrial scale

Dissolved Enzymes

Free enzymes in solution can catalyse crystal formation, but they denature in hours, can't survive industrial temperatures, and are impossible to recover and reuse.

✕ Too slow, too fragile

Immobilised Enzymes

Attaching enzymes to surfaces improves stability, but the binding process damages catalytic activity. Performance degrades rapidly under real industrial conditions.

✕ Activity loss, short lifespan

Chemical & Thermal

Conventional high-temperature, high-pressure methods require enormous energy input and capital expenditure — and produce imprecise, inconsistent crystal output.

✕ High energy, high CAPEX, imprecise

An AI-designed solid-state enzyme — both catalyst and structural material

Not biology in a factory. A new class of engineered material that programs crystal growth with deterministic precision under industrial conditions.

Solid-State Architecture

The enzyme IS the material. No immobilisation needed — it self-assembles into a solid catalytic structure that withstands extreme conditions.

AI-Designed from First Principles

Proprietary AI solves enzyme physics to design proteins that control crystal nucleation and growth at the molecular level.

Industrial-Grade Durability

Survives 100°C boiling. No degradation under real-world conditions. Built for continuous operation in modular reactors.

Programmable Output

Specify the crystal, get the crystal. Deterministic growth means spec-grade minerals every time — polymorphism, particle size, purity to order.

From crystal spec to programmed output

A software-defined pipeline for material fabrication. Industry specifies what they need — our platform delivers it.

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Crystal Spec In

Industry provides target mineral specifications — polymorphism, particle size, purity grade.

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AI Solves Physics

Proprietary engine designs the optimal enzyme structure from available feedstock parameters.

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Enzyme Sculpts

Solid-state enzyme controls crystal nucleation and growth with precision in modular reactors.

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Crystals Out

Spec-grade programmed crystals — from industrial waste to critical minerals at scale.


Feedstock → Critical Minerals

Industrial CO₂

Cement plant emissions

Steel Slag

Metal-rich waste streams

Recycled Magnets

Rare earth recovery

Low-Quality Brine

Lithium extraction

Built in the lab. Proven at industrial conditions.

7/7
AI-designed enzymes active and functional
100°C
Survives boiling — industrial-grade durability proven
LOI
With the world's largest cement manufacturer
$150B+
Total addressable market across critical minerals

$150B+

One platform. Every critical mineral.

Starting with calcium carbonate from cement plants — a proven beachhead with an existing LOI. Then expanding across rare earths, lithium, battery materials, and semiconductor feedstock.

Calcium Carbonate (Cement) Beachhead
Rare Earth Elements Expansion
Lithium Compounds Expansion
Battery Materials Expansion
Semiconductor Feedstock Expansion

Universal fabrication — programming any crystal from first principles

Protein-templated material assembly is a new manufacturing paradigm. We're building the platform for programming material formation at the molecular level — from industrial waste to precision-engineered crystals, at software speed.

This isn't incremental improvement to existing processes. It's a fundamentally new approach to how materials are made.

Aligned with ARIA's £50M Universal Fabricators programme

Exited founders. Deep domain expertise.

15 years of cumulative decarbonisation experience. Built to commercialise breakthrough science.

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Jebril Mohamed

Chief Executive Officer

Exited founder with deep expertise in climate technology commercialisation and venture building.

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Nicolas Fraser

Chief Operating Officer

Exited founder. Operational leadership across deep tech scale-ups and industrial partnerships.

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Ayman Najah

Chief Technology Officer

Exited founder. Expert in protein engineering, enzyme design, and computational materials science.


The future of materials is programmable

We're partnering with the world's largest industrial emitters to turn their waste into the critical minerals the planet needs.

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