XtalPi and GCL Group Sign $135M Strategic Collaboration to Advance AI-Driven Clean Energy Materials

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August 24, inShuhao Wen, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of XtalPi，Chairman of GCL Group, Zhu Gongshan, andRepresentative of Suzhou LaboratoryMa ZhiboUnder the joint witness of ..., XtalPi and GCL Group officially signed a 5-year strategic cooperation agreement at the GCL Energy Center in Suzhou.

According to the official R&D entrustment agreement, GCL will pay XtalPi approximately 1.35 Billion USD (approximately 10 RMB 100 million) in R&D expenses. XtalPi will leverage its leading innovative advantages in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic automation to provide support for GCL.Perovskite, Supramolecular, Lithium-ion Batteries, Cathode Materials, Carbon-silicon Materials, and Other FieldsOrder-based services for the R&D of high-tech new energy materials, jointly developing a series of differentiated new materials with industry competitiveness and industrial application potential. Meanwhile, XtalPi will also create for GCL.AI+ Automation Digital Intelligence Creation System Driven by Large Models in the Materials Field, achieving rapid design of new materials/composites, high customization of functional materials, and efficient development and application of processes, helping GCL become an AI-driven new energy company. The two parties also plan to jointly establish a New Materials Research Institute in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong River Delta Cooperation Zone, to jointly promote the green, low-carbon, and high-quality development of China's energy industry, and inject inexhaustible green intelligent momentum into the new industrialization.

XtalPi Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with GCL Group

Chairman of GCL GroupGonghe Zhu (Second Row, Fourth from the Left)、

Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, XtalPiWenshu Hao (5th from the left, 2nd row),

Ma Zhibo (second row, fourth from the right), Deputy Minister of Scientific Research Management and Service Department of Suzhou Laboratory, and other representatives attended the ceremony.

This strategicThe collaboration will deeply integrate the unique intelligent expertise and technical R&D advantages of both parties, precisely focusing on key areas such as perovskite, lithium-ion batteries, cathode materials, and carbon-silicon materials. Relying on advanced language models and leading technologies like multi-agent systems, they will jointly create a customized large model + automation platform for the materials field, promoting... AI Empowering the R&D of the New Energy Industry through Industrial Intelligence and Paradigm Upgrades.

According to the introduction, the platform will utilize AI technology to expand exploration space, accelerate the design and optimization of new molecules, component formulations, and production processes to obtain novel energy materials with expected performance. Additionally, combined with automated experimental modules, the platform can swiftly complete the preparation and characterization verification of new materials, and feed standardized data back to... AI Module, continuously updating AI algorithms. On this basis, this series of AI+ The R&D module of the automated experiment will also realize the collaboration between cloud and localized deployment, helping GCL build a high-growth new energy intelligent laboratory. In the future, this platform will take the lead in deeply integrating customized large models in the materials field with robotic laboratories in industrial scenarios, accelerating the transformation process of new energy materials from small-scale trials to large-scale industrial applications. This will lay a solid foundation for the continuous development and upgrading of GCL's R&D ecosystem, giving rise to a series of more competitive and secure solutions.High-efficiency and Low-carbon New Generation New Energy Technology.

At the signing ceremony,Both parties announced that they will cooperate to establish a New Materials Research Institute in the Futian-River Cooperation Zone in Shenzhen.，Led by the extensive experience accumulated by GCL Group in the fields of new energy, clean energy, and semiconductors, collaborate with industry partners to enhance AI application incubation in the energy sector and accelerate the commercial implementation of artificial intelligence in the energy industry.Set a benchmark for AI applications in the industry.

Wen Shuhao said,XtalPi has always been committed to using technological power to address major challenges facing humanity. The strategic cooperation with GCL Group marks an important step in applying AI technology to the energy sector. We look forward to contributing more wisdom and strength to global energy transition and sustainable development through our joint efforts.

Zhu Gongshan stated,GCL Group has always adhered to the concept of green development. In recent years, it has relied on Suzhou National Laboratory to deeply cultivate the materials field, continuously breaking through barriers and exploring new frontiers in the research and development of advanced new energy materials. This collaboration with XtalPi, empowered by Suzhou Laboratory, will undoubtedly spark a whole new “chemical reaction,” bringing more innovative inspiration and technical possibilities for building a digital energy ecosystem. It is hoped that the two parties will work together sincerely, using “ AI+ "Intelligent Manufacturing" Sets a "Technological Suzhou" Example, Contributing to a More Tech-Savvy "Yangtze River Delta" and "Pearl River Delta"。

● AboutGCL Group ● 

GCL Group is a global leading innovative enterprise that dominates innovation development with advanced green, low-carbon, and zero-carbon technologies. It focuses on the integrated development of wind and solar power, energy storage, hydrogen, source-grid-load-storage integration, new ecosystems in new energy, clean energy, and mobile energy industries, as well as the coordinated development of related industries such as silicon materials, lithium materials, carbon materials, and core materials for integrated circuits.34 In recent years, the group has adhered to driving corporate innovation and development with green energy technology. Entering the "14th Five-Year Plan," it aims to build a brand-new "Technology GCL," "Digital GCL," and "Green GCL" against the backdrop of China's national strategy for "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality."

● About XtalPi ● 

XtalPi Inc. ("QuantumPharm Inc." or "XtalPi Inc.", Stock Code:2228.HK) Founded in 2015 by three MIT postdoctoral physicists, it is an innovative R&D platform powered by quantum physics, artificial intelligence, and robotics. The company combines first-principles calculations based on quantum physics, artificial intelligence, high-performance cloud computing, and scalable and standardized robotic automation to serve pharmaceuticals and materials science.（Including agricultural technology, energy and new chemicals, as well as cosmetics）Provide drug and materials science R&D solutions and services to global and Chinese companies in industries such as...