# Ares Materials, Inc.

> Ares Materials is a Plano, Texas advanced-materials company building AI-designed optical polymers for the display industry. Spun out of the University of Texas at Dallas in 2016, it uses thiol-click chemistry and a machine-learning platform called Pylux to formulate solvent-free, PFAS-free films, adhesives, coatings and cover windows for foldable phones, AR/VR devices and other flexible electronics - aiming for high optical clarity, mechanical durability and up to 90% lower CO2 emissions than incumbent materials.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Plano, Texas, United States
- **Founders:** David Arreaga (Co-founder & CEO), Adrian Avendano (Co-founder & COO)
- **Team size:** ~33 employees
- **Products:** Pylux, Pylux Substrates, Pylux Adhesives, Pylux Coatings, +Pylux MCW (Monolithic Cover Window)
- **Notable:** Spun out of the University of Texas at Dallas to commercialize novel flexible-electronics materials., Developed the Pylux platform pairing thiol-click chemistry with a custom AI/ML system for polymer formulation., Introduced Easybond mechanical lift-off technology for flexible OLED production (2018).

## Products & services

- **Pylux** — The company's all-encompassing technology platform uniting materials informatics (AI/ML) with thiol-click chemistry to design and formulate advanced optical polymers.
- **Pylux Substrates** — Transparent polymer substrates that combine optical clarity with high surface hardness and flexibility for flexible and rollable displays.
- **Pylux Adhesives** — Solvent-free, PFAS-free optical adhesives offering tack-free bonding, mechanical strength and near-zero shrinkage.
- **Pylux Coatings** — Room-temperature or UV-cured hard coatings delivering high hardness with low shrinkage for display surfaces.
- **+Pylux MCW (Monolithic Cover Window)** — A monolithic cover window material targeted at foldable displays, a primary focus of the Series B scale-up.
- **Easybond** — A mechanical lift-off technology introduced for flexible OLED production.

## Achievements

- Spun out of the University of Texas at Dallas to commercialize novel flexible-electronics materials.
- Developed the Pylux platform pairing thiol-click chemistry with a custom AI/ML system for polymer formulation.
- Introduced Easybond mechanical lift-off technology for flexible OLED production (2018).
- Closed a $12M Series B first tranche in October 2025 led by Black Diamond Ventures.
- Claims up to 90% CO2 reduction versus incumbent technologies through solvent-free, UV-cured chemistry.
- Built a distributed R&D and business-development footprint across the US, Mexico, Korea and Japan.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Closed the first tranche of a $12M Series B led by Black Diamond Ventures, with Moneta Ventures, L'Attitude Ventures, 1200VC and Hunt Holdings participating, to scale the +Pylux MCW cover window and commercialize PFAS-free adhesives and films.
- **2020-01** — Integrated a machine-learning platform to accelerate development cycles and improve formulation precision.

## Links

- Website: https://aresmaterials.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ares-materials
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/aresmaterials
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Xb9g0MudY
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/aresmaterials/

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Last updated: 2026-07-22