Citrine Informatics Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

• World Economic Forum on Wednesday announced its selection of the
  world’s 30 most promising Technology Pioneers 2017
• Companies were selected for their potential to significantly impact
  business and society through new technologies, and advance the Fourth
  Industrial Revolution
• Citrine Informatics, a chemicals and materials artificial intelligence
  (AI) platform, made it to the selection because of how its technology
  is accelerating the development of advanced chemicals and materials as
  well as cutting-edge product development. The full list of recognized
  Technology Pioneers can be viewed here.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Techpioneers17–Citrine Informatics, a chemicals and materials artificial intelligence
(AI) platform, was selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the
World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers”, a selection of the world’s
most innovative companies.

The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers community are early-stage
companies from around the world that are involved in the design,
development and deployment of new technologies and innovations, and are
poised to have a significant impact on business and society. The 30
Technology Pioneers that made it to the final selection are active in
artificial intelligence, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles,
biotechnology, blockchain, cybersecurity, the (industrial) internet of
things, and other pioneering technologies. Citrine combines materials-
and chemicals-aware AI with the world’s largest materials database to
help accelerate materials development in manufacturing and R&D. The
company was founded by a team of materials scientists.

Following its selection as Technology Pioneer, CEO Greg Mulholland will
be participating in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New
Champions. This meeting, also dubbed “Summer Davos” will be held in
Dalian, China, June 27-29. Many Pioneers will also attend the Annual
Meeting in Davos, in January 2018, and continue to participate in
dedicated Technology Pioneer community events in the course of the next
two years.

“We welcome Citrine Informatics in this group of extraordinary
pioneers,” says Fulvia Montresor, Head of Technology Pioneers at the
World Economic Forum. “We hope that thanks to this selection, the World
Economic Forum can facilitate greater collaboration with business
leaders, governments, civil society and other relevant individuals to
accelerate the development of technological solutions to the world’s
greatest challenges.”

“It is an honor to be recognized as an innovator by the World Economic
Forum,“ said Citrine CEO Greg Mulholland. “Citrine’s AI-powered
materials platform will drive the next wave of explosive growth in
advanced materials, facilitating the development of cutting-edge
products that get to market faster at a lower cost. This has tremendous
implications for R&D and manufacturing across the board.”

The Technology Pioneers were selected by a selection
committee of more than 60 academics, entrepreneurs, venture
capitalists and corporate executives. Notable members of the committee
include Geoffrey Moore (Adviser, Geoffrey Moore Consulting, USA), Yossi
Vardi (Chairman, International Technologies, Israel) and Lee Sang-Yup
(Distinguished Professor and Dean, Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology, Republic of Korea). The committee based its decisions on
criteria including innovation, potential impact and leadership. Past
recipients include Airbnb, Google, Kickstarter, Mozilla, Palantir
Technologies, Scribd, Spotify, Twitter and Wikimedia.

All info on this year’s Technology Pioneers can be found here: http://wef.ch/techpioneers17

More information on past winners can be found here.

About Citrine Informatics

Citrine
Informatics accelerates the product development cycle by combining
access to the world’s largest materials database with AI designed by
materials scientists. Citrine is backed by leading investors including, Innovation
Endeavors, DCVC
(Data Collective), Prelude
Ventures, AME
Cloud Ventures, XSeed
Capital, Ulu
Ventures and Morado
Ventures. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. Follow
us at @Citrine_io.

About World Economic Forum: The World Economic Forum, committed
to improving the state of the world, is the International Organization
for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost
political, business and other leaders of society to shape global,
regional and industry agendas. (www.weforum.org).

Contacts

Citrine Informatics
Andrea Fuller, 415-999-6232
[email protected]