Impossible Fibers

We make advanced materials from commonly available ingredients

We call it the Bronze Age or the Iron Age, but the metals were always in the ground. Smelting, casting and forging are what made them matter. Silicon was abundant long before the transistor. We're building the manufacturing that turns common ingredients into advanced materials, learning from how nature makes fibers.

Where this work began

  1. Speculative TechnologiesA nonprofit industrial research lab for materials and manufacturing technologies that don't have a home in other institutions.spec.tech ↗
  2. Astera InstituteSupports high-leverage science and technology projects.astera.org ↗
  3. LikoLabA frontier research contractor for bio-inspired materials and manufacturing.

Partner with us to turn proteins into advanced materials and products

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