# Albert Invent

> Albert Invent builds an AI-native operating system for chemists and materials scientists, unifying electronic lab notebooks, LIMS, regulatory compliance and predictive AI into one cloud platform that aims to compress decades-long R&D cycles into weeks.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** Oakland, California, United States
- **Founders:** Nick Talken (Co-Founder & CEO), Ken Kisner (Co-Founder & CRO), Zack Kisner (Co-Founder & Head of Product), Neelesh Vaikhary (Co-Founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** approx 150
- **Products:** Albert OS, Albert Breakthrough, Ask Albert, Regulatory & SDS Tools
- **Notable:** Closed $22.5M Series A led by Coatue in December 2024, Launched Albert Breakthrough, billed as the first AI built specifically for chemists, Used by 3,000+ scientists across 142 labs in 30+ countries

## Products & services

- **Albert OS** — End-to-end R&D platform combining electronic lab notebook, LIMS, project management and chemical drawing tools.
- **Albert Breakthrough** — AI suite explicitly built for chemists - predicts molecular properties, optimizes experiments and generates novel formulations.
- **Ask Albert** — AI-powered discovery portal that surfaces relevant formulations and prior experiments across a customer's history.
- **Regulatory & SDS Tools** — Automated safety-data-sheet generation and a global regulatory database covering roughly 400,000 chemical substances.

## Achievements

- Closed $22.5M Series A led by Coatue in December 2024
- Launched Albert Breakthrough, billed as the first AI built specifically for chemists
- Used by 3,000+ scientists across 142 labs in 30+ countries
- Reduced one customer's product-development cycle from 3 months to 2 days
- Signed Kenvue as a flagship enterprise customer in 2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Announced enterprise deal with Kenvue, reported by C&EN.
- **2024-12** — Closed $22.5M Series A and launched Albert Breakthrough AI product.
- **2024** — Crossed 30 countries of customer footprint and 142 labs on the platform.

## Links

- Website: https://albertinvent.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/albert-invent
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Albert_Invent
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/albert.invent
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Albert-Invent-61576898348967/

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Last updated: 2026-05-30