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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Radical AI Plans Brooklyn, New York, Materials Science Operations

01/28/2026
Radical AI, a scientific research and development company focused on discovering novel inorganic materials, plans to establish operations in Brooklyn, New York. The $4 million project is expected to create 115 jobs.

The investment will include the renovation of Building 20 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a new headquarters and research facility capable of running approximately 100 AI-driven experiments per day.

“Our new facility will run materials experiments at a pace and scale that traditional R&D cannot match, capturing experimental data that makes our AI smarter over time in a continuous data feedback loop,” said Radical AI CEO and Co-Founder Joseph Krause. “Our mission is to compress decades of materials discovery into years or months, and we’re grateful to ESD for backing that vision.”

The project is being supported by $2 million in performance-based Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits from Empire State Development (ESD).

“Radical AI’s decision to build New York’s first fully autonomous materials science lab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard underscores the strength and diversity of our innovation economy,” noted Empire State Development President, CEO and Commissioner Hope Knight. “This project brings together artificial intelligence, advanced research, and high-quality job creation in a field that touches nearly every sector of the global economy. With support from Empire State Development, Radical AI is helping ensure that the next wave of materials discovery, commercialization, and startup growth happens right here in New York City.”

Radical AI specializes in how new materials are discovered, developed, and brought to market by tightly integrating artificial intelligence, predictive modeling, and autonomous laboratory automation. The company uses advanced AI to screen billions of potential material compositions, design experiments, and feed experimental results back into its models to accelerate innovation far beyond traditional R&D timelines.

“We are thrilled that Radical AI will establish New York’s first fully autonomous materials science laboratory at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, benefiting from New York City’s deep talent pool and contributing to its status as the applied AI capital of the world. Radical AI’s new state-of-the-art headquarters will create over 100 future-oriented jobs, serve as a key hub for AI experimentation and research, and deepen New York City's commitment to sustainable materials innovation, joining impactful initiatives already under way such as Gotham Foundry,” added New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) Senior Vice President of Partnerships Justin Kreamer.”

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