Timur Bazhirov

Timur Bazhirov is the founder of Mat3ra.com, a cloud-based R&D platform driving innovation through the strategic integration of cloud-HPC and artificial intelligence for materials science. With a Ph.D. in Physics from UC Berkeley, Timur was one of the pioneers in establishing the field of Materials Informatics and promoting cloud-based HPC-driven simulations approaches. Mat3ra.com is a dual-purpose solution for materials design and discovery, backed by well-known private investors, including Tim Draper, the Peter Thiel Foundation, and the US Air Force / AFWERX.

Under his leadership, Mat3ra.com has evolved into a platform supports a diverse customer base, ranging from Global 2000 companies such as ENEOS, Merck KGaA, and Toshiba, to leading governmental R&D institutions such as NRL, AFRL, and NIST. The platform empowers 40,000+ scientists globally, allowing them to collaborate and generate high-quality, ground-truth physical data essential for advancing materials AI across the semiconductor, energy, and defense sectors.