{"slug":"semiconductor","title":"Semiconductor & Materials Company","summary":"License the run records that tie each recipe to a measured result.","category":"science","company_size":"10–2,000 employees","location":"Anywhere","deal_min_cents":10000000,"deal_max_cents":75000000,"referral_base_cents":9000000,"boosters":[{"id":"42415683-b8fc-4e52-9bdd-a5037f5f0567","kind":"fast_signing","amount_cents":1000000,"recipients":"referrer_and_company","window_days":1,"ends_on":null}],"published_at":"2026-10-17T18:28:32.084200Z","referred_count":11,"status":"live","description":"We're looking for companies that make semiconductors, devices and advanced materials, and that keep careful records of what they built and how it performed. The most valuable data links each build's recipe or process settings to its measured result, with failed builds and repeat runs kept. Lab notebooks that explain why a build failed are especially useful. Labs and startups that have wound down qualify.","history":"Several years of runs","industries":"Fabs and foundries, device makers (solar, photonics, quantum, power electronics), fabless chip designers, process and test equipment makers, materials and battery R&D labs","tools":["MES","SPC / yield systems","LIMS","Electronic lab notebooks","Cadence","Synopsys","OSIsoft PI"],"requirements":["Run or build records the company owns, with recipe or process settings linked to measured performance","1,000+ runs, builds, wafers or experiments","Every build kept, failed ones included, with dates","Data that hasn't been published"],"nice_to_have":["Lab notebooks with notes on why builds failed","The same recipe built again on different days","Measurements under more than one condition","Yield, metrology and equipment logs","Chip or device designs with their verification and test results"],"included":["Run and build records with measurements","Lab notebooks","Process, yield and equipment data","Design and test files, where available"],"not_a_fit":["Data owned by a customer or foundry partner","Published papers and datasheets only","Licensed third-party IP"],"scoping_questions":["What run or lab records do you keep, and in which systems?","Roughly how many runs or builds, over how many years?","Do you keep failed builds and repeat runs?","Do you own the data, and has any of it been published?"],"ideal_referrers":"Process and device engineers, fab and lab managers, materials scientists, and founders of wound-down hardware startups.","deal_note":"Depends on run count and how well runs link to results","intake_form":"general"}