Investors Skeptical of Unearthly Materials' Superconductor Breakthrough
Unearthly Materials, a startup founded by scientists who claimed to have created a room-temperature superconductor, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round, with investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Open AI's Sam Altman. The company claims to have prominent investors, including Union Square Ventures' Albert Wenger, Spotify's Daniel Ek, Dolby chairman Peter Gotcher, and Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus. However, the startup is not tracked on PitchBook and doesn't appear on Crunchbase.