Your Copilot for Building Chemical Projects
Alkali is building the co-pilot for chemical process design. Spot design errors earlier, get the right equipment sooner, and build chemical projects faster.
Active Founders
Emmett Goodman
Emmett Goodman, Founder
Background in Chemical Engineering and GenAI. Building the first AI Chemical Process Engineer 🤖🧪
Victor Miller
Victor Miller, Founder
I am a chemical engineer, laboratory scientist, and data scientist, all by training and profession. I blend data-driven methods with chemical techniques to get results. I am currently the co-founder of Alkali Engineering, working to build the world's first AI process engineer.
Company Launches
Alkali – The AI Copilot for Chemical Process Design
See original launch postTL;DR: Scaling a chemical process from lab-scale result to commercial plant can take years and hundreds of millions of dollars. Alkali’s Engineering Copilot (ProcessMate) uses AI to catch process design errors and automate equipment sourcing – keeping your projects on time and on budget.
The Problem:
As chemical engineers, we’ve seen how design errors and procurement delays derail project schedules and budgets:
- Engineering Rework: Projects often undergo 10+ design iterations due to incorrect equipment selection, overlooked safety requirements, or careless design errors.
- Procurement Delays: Complex part sourcing, manual quote/response workflows, and relentless vendor follow-up (chasing confirmations, shipments, exceptions) can delay projects by months.
Our Solution:
Alkali Engineering’s ProcessMate platform streamlines error checking and procurement. Free engineers to do creative work, get projects built on time!
- AI-Driven Design Checks – Like an engineering spell-check for your schematics, AI identifies design errors before it’s too late.
- Smart Equipment Selection – Cross reference your engineering designs and vendor catalogues to help you get the right parts, faster.
- Version Control & Chat Interface – Interpretable version control for engineering schematics. Version control is no longer just for software engineers!
The Team:
- Emmett Goodman (PhD, Stanford – ex-AWS GenAI Labs): Led delivery of GenAI solutions for AWS’s flagship customers, showcasing “art of the possible” solutions.
- Victor Miller (PhD, Berkeley – ex-Shell Engineer): Led 8-figure chemical engineering infrastructure projects.
Our Ask:
We’re looking to talk to:
- Project managers fighting schedule overruns
- Industrial vendors wanting faster RFP/RFQ cycles
- EPC/Engineering firms interested in piloting AI-driven design validation and procurement
👇 Know someone who fits? Email us at founders@alkali-eng.com !