Altara raises $7M to streamline scientific data integration in physical sciences

Wed, 06 May 2026 04:06:00 +0200

San Francisco-based startup Altara has raised $7 million in seed funding to tackle the challenge of fragmented data in the physical sciences. Companies developing batteries, semiconductors, and medical devices often generate large volumes of technical data, but much of it is scattered across spreadsheets and outdated systems. Altara’s AI-powered platform aims to consolidate this data into a single, accessible system, drastically reducing the time engineers and scientists spend manually tracking and analyzing failures. The funding round was led by Greylock, with participation from Neo, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures, and Jeff Dean. Founded in 2025 by Eva Tuecke, a former particle physicist at Fermilab and SpaceX engineer, and Catherine Yeo, an AI engineer previously at Warp, Altara provides an intelligence layer that integrates with existing data rather than replacing existing research processes. The startup’s approach is seen as analogous to the role of site reliability engineers in softw