Atomic Machines builds an AI 'matter compiler' to make index-finger-sized circuit breakers
ZoubinGhahrama1 · x · 2026-10-08
The New York Times profiles Atomic Machines, a startup rethinking MEMS design and manufacturing by training AI on materials and designs, then using it to drive what it calls a "matter compiler" that fabricates tiny physical devices.
A concrete case: engineer Mickael Mauger, who builds equipment for powering data centers, used to choose between baseball-sized mechanical circuit breakers (painfully slow) and ultra-fast silicon switches that waste enormous electricity. Atomic Machines' breaker is small enough to sit on a fingertip while being fast and efficient.
Former Uber executive Jeff Holden is involved; Zoubin Ghahramani shared the story noting excitement about the company.
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