Balthazar secures €1.8 million funding for developing an operating system targeted at deep tech research and development laboratories.
In an era where scalable and reproducible research and development (R&D) is becoming increasingly important and achievable, a new AI-powered platform, Balthazar, is set to transform deep tech labs. The platform, which has secured €1.8 million in funding, aims to revolutionise the way deep tech labs manage and conduct R&D by providing a real-time, intelligent workspace that integrates every step of the R&D workflow.
Deep tech fields, such as semiconductors, photonics, energy storage, and carbon capture, typically spend over €250 billion annually on device development. However, these industries still rely on fragmented systems and manual coordination. Balthazar addresses this inefficiency by creating a shared source of truth and a unified system for managing complex experiments and lab processes.
The platform, built on modern web technologies and a scalable cloud architecture, uses AI and automation to bring structure, automation, and visibility to deep tech labs. This approach enables teams to accelerate product development, improve reproducibility, and make better-informed decisions backed by data. Rather than navigating chaos, researchers gain coordinated progress and enhanced workflow efficiency.
The funding round, led by CapitalT and Antler, with participation from Dutch innovation funders, reflects strong investor confidence in Balthazar's mission to solve foundational R&D challenges in deep tech labs. The latest funding round of €1.2 million is led by CapitalT, with participation from global early-stage VC Antler.
Users can leverage and extend their existing code base and integrate it into their workflows. R&D engineers can run and monitor experiments directly from their browsers. The funding will support product development, the advancement of AI capabilities, and team expansion.
Balthazar connects to local workstations and lab instruments, organizing all prototype data in one place. Eva de Mol, Founding Partner at CapitalT, commented on Balthazar solving a foundational challenge for deep tech teams. The platform introduces a new category of solutions: a real-time, intelligent workspace that integrates every step of the R&D workflow.
In summary, Balthazar aims to dramatically improve R&D efficiency in deep tech by delivering an AI-powered integrated platform that transforms fragmented, manual research processes into a streamlined, scalable, and reproducible workflow. This promises to speed up scientific breakthroughs and hardware innovation by enabling labs to operate with unprecedented coordination and insight.
Deep tech labs can now invest in a revolutionary technology-driven platform, Balthazar, to streamline their research and development processes. By integrating artificial-intelligence capabilities into the existing workflow, Balthazar aims to accelerate product development and decision-making in traditionally fragmented sectors like semiconductors, photonics, energy storage, and carbon capture, while reducing reliance on manual coordination.
CapitalT and Antler, along with Dutch innovation funders, have shown their confidence in Balthazar's mission to bring efficiency to deep tech labs by investing a total of €3.0 million. This funding will be utilized for product development, advancing AI capabilities, and expanding the team, ultimately enabling researchers to coordinate their work more effectively and make progress faster.
