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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is a US Department of Energy national laboratory in Berkeley, California, conducting research in physical…

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HQ: Berkeley, California, USA
Status: private

Overview

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is a US Department of Energy national laboratory in Berkeley, California, conducting research in physical sciences, energy, computing, and biosciences.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Axis classification

OFF-AXIS: does not make, operate, or regulate physical AI systems

A-Lab autonomous experimentation

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory describes A-Lab as an automated materials laboratory where robots and artificial intelligence operate a closed-loop discovery workflow (Berkeley Lab A-Lab).

REACT robotic chemistry systems

Berkeley Lab's REACT work includes ARC and HIPASS systems with automated sample handling, reaction processing, characterization, and AI-assisted optimization (Living Minerals capabilities).

Data & sources

Web sources

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Partnerships

Every company Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

2 total2 operating

Most-frequent partners

1Google1× joint117 total
2NVIDIA1× joint1114 total

Most recent

Relationships

GGoogleTechnology partner NNVIDIATechnology partner

Current leadership (1)

Katherine Yelick Directorsecondary-verified

Former / Previously (1)

Ernest Lawrence Founding Directorsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Lawrence Berkeley 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 →

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the data-center map

Every verified data center Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory operates that has a mapped coordinate (2 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory data centers (2)

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)Berkeley · operating
National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (Perlmutter)Berkeley · operating

AI data centers Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.

Recent coverage

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in third-party press

AI Data Center Planned In Downtown Oakland, Backlash Sure to Follow - SFist

Aug 12, 2026

AI Forms Hypotheses and Robots Experiment 24/7... Building an 'Autonomous Laboratory' Ecosystem - 아시아경제

Aug 11, 2026

Berkeley Lab to Lead 13 New Genesis Mission AI Projects - Berkeley Lab News Center (.gov)

Jul 22, 2026

Financial state

Reporting basis: aggregator_estimate
Lifecycle stage: early
Counterparty risk class: unknown

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Partnerships

2 total · 2 operating

Every company Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

Most recent

Most-frequent partners

1Google1× joint117 total
2NVIDIA1× joint1114 total

All 2 partnerships

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdAug 19, 2026
Added to the verified registry

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Sources (2)

Common questions

What is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is a US Department of Energy national laboratory in Berkeley, California, conducting research in physical sciences, energy, computing, and biosciences.

What does Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory make?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory builds robot foundation models or autonomy software.

Is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory publicly traded?

No. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who is the CEO of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory?

Ernest Lawrence is the founder of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.

Where is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory headquartered?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is headquartered in Berkeley, California, USA.

Who owns Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.

Is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ranks in roughly the top 31% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory safe?

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-09-29

Sources by quality tier

2: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Overview

Key facts

Data & sources

Partnerships

Relationships

Current leadership (1)

Former / Previously (1)

Safety record

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the data-center map

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory data centers (2)

Recent coverage

Financial state

Partnerships

All 2 partnerships

Recent activity

Sources (2)

Common questions

In the press

AI Data Center Planned In Downtown Oakland, Backlash Sure to Follow - SFist

AI Forms Hypotheses and Robots Experiment 24/7... Building an 'Autonomous Laboratory' Ecosystem - 아시아경제

Berkeley Lab to Lead 13 New Genesis Mission AI Projects - Berkeley Lab News Center (.gov)

EcoBOT: Berkeley Lab’s Autonomous Laboratory for Plant Research - Lab Manager

Meet EcoBOT: The Autonomous Lab Standardizing Plant-Microbe Research - Berkeley Lab News Center (.gov)

Robots run the experiments. Grad students fix them from bed - Scientific American

Combatting Antibiotic Resistance with Nanotechnology, Robotics, and AI - Berkeley Lab News Center (.gov)

US DOE Announces $34M in Funding to Pair Artificial Intelligence with Autonomous Labs for Catalyst Development - AI Insider

Argonne receives DOE funding to advance AI for science - anl.gov

A ‘Robot Pizza Chef’ Serving Up Better Quantum Computers - Berkeley Lab News Center (.gov)

Berkeley Lab Leads Effort to Build AI Assistant for Energy Materials Discovery - Berkeley Lab News Center (.gov)

Foundational AI Models to Accelerate Biological Discovery - Berkeley Lab News Center (.gov)

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