A design assistant that helps you create and test thousands of product digital twins.
Co-optimize multiple features simultaneously by finding the right molecular composition and processing parameters.
Combining precision engineering designwith deep molecular reasoning
Backbond builds a digital twin of every version of your product
It simulates each one on multiple levels, with the mechanisms that govern them
Reasoning levels
Layer physics
Surface physics
Morphology
Environment
Mechanisms
Mechanics
Transport
Degradation
Host response
It ranks them by what they will do, and by how sure it is
Top 5 of 250 designs
Design
Ingrowth
Strength
Fibrosis
Score
±
Version 1
0.91
± 0.04
Version 2
0.88
± 0.13
Version 3
0.85
± 0.08
Version 4
0.82
± 0.05
Version 5
0.79
± 0.15
Thousands of versions, simulated in minutes, and the few worth testing.
Define your specs. Design a digital twin that hits them all at once
01
You write the brief
Every target, every hard limit, and the parameters the engine is allowed to move. In your units, on your process.
Metals & alloys
Cosmetics
Adhesives & sealants
Agrochemicals
Drug formulations
High-protein meal replacement with GLP-1 for weight loss
Define all your targets
all at once
Solubility≥ 95%
Solubilization time≤ 30 s
Viscosity180–220 cP
Mouthfeel≈ SKU-112
GLP-1 bioavailability≥ 80% of oral
Shelf life≥ 18 mo
Set all the constraints
hard bounds
Cost < $1.80 / serving
California compliant
No gums
US suppliers only
Set the parameters you would like to move
Protein content
GLP-1 content
pH
Fiber content
Emulsifier type
Emulsifier conc.
High-protein meal replacement with GLP-1 for weight loss
Molecular reasoning
High-protein meal replacement with GLP-1 for weight loss
Experimental design
100,000 formulations mapped
Formulation F-4472
Whey isolate 62% · pea protein 14% · GLP-1 0.8 mg
citrate buffer pH 6.4 · lecithin 1.2% · no gums
Response fit
Response surface
Hypothesis
If shear-thinning holds at 25 °C
η ≤ 220 cP: ionic windowconfirmed, lock pH 6.4
η > 220 cP: complexationtoo strong, cut citrate 20%
Validate in the lab
High-protein meal replacement with GLP-1 for weight loss
Top product out of 100,000 found
Requirements
checking…
Solubility
Solubilization time
Viscosity
Mouthfeel
GLP-1 bioavailability
Shelf life
Cost
Regulatory
No gums
Supply chain
100,000
formulations simulated
4
lab experiments only
Characterized and connected, usable for future tweaks instantly
The current trial and error process
(up to several years)
Brief
Lab trials
×Spec 1 missed
Reformulate
×Spec 2 missed
Reformulate
Regulatory check
Scale-up
×Unscalable
Reformulate
Launch
Optagon Labs process
(weeks)
Brief
Simulation + few validation experiments
Risk-free launch
Technology
The breakthrough technology behind Backbond
Backbond is powered by powerful algorithms designed to excel at the industrial level, where data is thin and messy, the problem is complex, and the chemistry is being steered to achieve product specs.
01
Breakthrough in knowledge representation
Creates a molecular digital twin of the product, even when very little data is available. It collects contextual knowledge of your product, understanding all the chemical and physical mechanisms that govern it.
02
Novel chemistry-to-property predictor
Links the coupled chemistry to technical properties (viscosity, tensile strength). It understands how tens of parameters interplay in shaping the properties, which ones matter most, and in which contexts.
03
Novel statistical optimizer
Understands where knowledge gaps exist, what is uncertain, and which experiments improve accuracy, based on its understanding of the chemistry.
04
Engineering context transfer algorithm
An algorithm that understands the molecular digital twin at the lab scale and at the industrial scale. It ties scale-up performance to the ingredients used and fixes the formulation to achieve the right quality at industrial scale.
05
Multi-agent AI scientists
An architecture of AI scientists that think through technical properties, manufacturing, regulations, and supply chain simultaneously.
06
Intelligent connected database
Links all your data through complex scientific relationships, so every molecule's role is understood in any context. Continuously refreshed with the latest literature, market and supplier data.
The products
Two products, one engine
01
Optagon Investigate
Connect every paper, lab report and data sheet you own, and Backbond links the hidden intelligence inside them scientifically. You can then synthesise answers from real evidence and deep reasoning, answers that exist in no single document.
02
Optagon Design
Hand it every spec at once, including the ones that fight each other, and Backbond searches the molecular space for the few formulations that satisfy all of them. You walk into the lab to confirm, not to search.
Use cases
Backbond lets R&D teams solve complex business challenges
01
Conflicting properties
Balance conflicting technical properties by finding the right components and processing setup.
02
Stalled projects
Complete a complex project that has stalled for years because of conflicting properties.
03
New material validation
You developed a material or a component and want to validate it in certain applications, fast.
04
Manufacturer switch
Your recipe is produced at a certain manufacturer, but you want to switch to one with different equipment. Reformulate in days.
05
Cost spikes
A component's cost increased and you want to find an alternative while keeping everything else unchanged.
06
Recipe replication
Replicate a competitor's formulation or a known patented one with different components.
07
Lab-to-plant transfer
The lab process and the industrial process work in different ways. Find the formulation that transfers without loss in quality.
08
Regulatory change
A component gets restricted in one of your markets. Reformulate to stay compliant without changing what the customer experiences.
09
Claim extension
Take a winning product to a new claim, such as sugar-free, vegan, or compostable, without redeveloping it from scratch.
10
Discontinued supply
A supplier discontinues a component. Qualify a replacement before your stock runs out.
11
Gold-standard match
Match a legacy gold-standard batch whose know-how left with a retiring scientist.
12
New customer process
You developed a working recipe, but the customer runs a different manufacturing process. Tweak the recipe to fit their line.
13
Footprint reduction
Cut the carbon or water footprint of a recipe while holding performance and cost where they are.
14
Molecule positioning
Show exactly where your molecule wins: which applications, at which loadings, against which alternatives.
+100s
other business problems, solved in days.
Who it is for
Backbond helps scientists dominate their industry
Time and resources are limited. You can only test a few designs before a deadline, and development is sequential: you validate one spec at a time.
Simulate and validate every version of your product, own the one that beats the market on every aspect, and simulate the full validation and scale-up pipeline.
Startups
Iterate, test and expand with the research capacity of a company 100x your size.
Formulate your ingredient into your customers' own applications, prove exactly where it wins and where it does not, and answer a formulation request while your competitors are still sampling.
Ingredient companies
Sell fast, and never lose a deal on an ingredient that was never fully explored.
Pull every department's knowledge into one design, carry every constraint and every past trial into the search, and know which programmes deserve the lab before the quarter starts.
Large industrials
Compress a validation that crosses ten departments into a single pass.
Specify your formulation with real targets instead of a brief, simulate what your contract manufacturer sends back, and know whether it is the best version or the first one that passed.
Small brands
Compete with brands that own laboratories, without owning one.
Take an idea to a formulation a factory can actually run, simulate the equipment, the cost and the shelf life before you commit, and arrive at your manufacturer already holding the answer.
Aspiring brands
Launch in months instead of years.
Narrow every brief to a shortlist before the first experiment, hand clients the reasoning behind each candidate, and run more programmes in parallel than your bench allows.
Research contractors
Sell the capacity of a team several times your size.