Overview
Ames National Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory operated by Iowa state university. Research includes materials science, computational science, and advanced manufacturing.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Partnerships
Every company Ames National Laboratory has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Amazon1× joint
Most recent
- with Amazonoperating
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Karl Mueller Directorsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Frank Speddingno longer at company
Former / Previously (1)
- Frank Spedding Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ames National Laboratory.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Ames National Laboratory on the data-center map
Every verified data center Ames National Laboratory operates that has a mapped coordinate (1 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
Ames National Laboratory data centers (1)
AI data centers Ames National Laboratory operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
Ames National Laboratory in third-party press
US DOE Announces $34M in Funding to Pair Artificial Intelligence with Autonomous Labs for Catalyst Development - AI Insider
Critical Materials Innovation Hub Reflects on 10 Years of Successes - energy.gov
ISU innovation and impact to see statehouse spotlight - Inside Iowa State
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Ames National Laboratory has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Amazonoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Amazon1× joint
Timeline
Every recorded move in Ames National Laboratory’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipAmes National Laboratory x Amazon Critical Materials
2025-01-01DOE Ames National Laboratory and the Critical Materials Innovation Hub announced a collaboration with Amazon to advance technologies for recovering and recycling critical materials. Amazon contributes AI capabilities and supply chain scale while Ames Lab provides materials science expertise for battery-grade graphite production and mineral recovery.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 20, 2026
Added to the verified registry
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Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ames National Laboratory.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ames National Laboratory from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
US DOE Announces $34M in Funding to Pair Artificial Intelligence with Autonomous Labs for Catalyst Development - AI Insider
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Critical Materials Innovation Hub Reflects on 10 Years of Successes - energy.gov
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ISU innovation and impact to see statehouse spotlight - Inside Iowa State
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Winners unveiled for 2025 R&D 100 Special Recognition categories - R&D World
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Fall 2024 Issue: 2024 R&D 100 Awards - Game Changing Tech - R&D World
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Interactive R&D 100 Awards explorer: Winners and Finalists - R&D World
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Olena Palasyuk, Ames National Laboratory R&D Technician of the Year - R&D World
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R&D 100 Winners for 2024 - R&D World
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R&D 100 Winners for 2023 are announced - R&D World
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/ames-national-laboratory.md
- RSS feed: /companies/ames-national-laboratory/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2135a626-eb5d-4582-943c-ee03c2d807da
- Revision history: /companies/ames-national-laboratory/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Ames National Laboratory against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 4, 2026