Making material science
data-driven by default

Ainuric was founded on the belief that engineers and researchers should spend their time on creative problem-solving — not manually searching databases, cleaning data, or repeating tests that AI could predict. We build the tools that make that possible.

Our story

Born from real engineering frustration

Ainuric was founded in Sweden by a team of material scientists and software engineers who spent years watching brilliant engineering teams lose weeks to manual material data workflows that should have taken minutes.

We set out to build the platform we always wished existed — one that combines a curated material database, powerful AI analysis, and property prediction in a single tool that anyone in the field can use, whether they are a student or a principal engineer at a Tier-1 supplier.

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Our values

What we stand for

Engineering-first

Every feature we build starts with a real engineering problem. We don't add technology for its own sake — we add it because it makes engineers faster, more confident, and more creative.

Open & Transparent

We publish our research, contribute to open datasets, and build tools that the whole community can benefit from — not just our paying customers. Open science moves everyone forward.

Built for scale

We build platforms that work for a single researcher today and a multinational engineering organisation tomorrow — without requiring users to adapt their workflow to our constraints.

The team

The cofounders behind Ainuric

Ainuric is led by two cofounders combining product leadership and deep technical execution.

Daniel Thornton
Daniel Thornton
Co-founder & CEO

Daniel has 25+ years across engineering, PLM, and enterprise material data management, including leadership roles at Volvo Cars. He drives Ainuric's strategy and product direction to make industrial material workflows more data-driven and practical.

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Renaud Gutkin
Renaud Gutkin
Co-founder & CTO

Renaud is an R&T leader with 15+ years in advanced materials, simulation, and AI, and serves as Adjunct Professor at Chalmers. He leads Ainuric's technical architecture and industrial AI platform development.

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Careers

Join the team

We're building something ambitious and we're looking for people who care deeply about materials, software, and making engineering better. Open positions below.

Senior Material Data Scientist
Research - Full-time - Remote / Sweden
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Full-Stack Engineer (Python / React)
Engineering - Full-time - Remote / Sweden
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