About
Computational discovery, priced for the people doing the work
Verna Science is a product of Verna Labs. We build computational tools for energy molecules — starting with acidic oxygen evolution for PEM water electrolysis.
Why we are building it
The software for computational materials work largely exists, and much of it is open. What does not exist is easy, affordable access to it. A small lab needs cluster access, someone fluent in ASE and pymatgen, an environment that works, and weeks of patience. That barrier is not scientific — it is operational, and it keeps computational screening away from most of the people who would benefit from it.
Two decisions that shape the product
Depth over breadth. We are not building a general materials platform. General-purpose models are weakest exactly where acidic oxygen evolution lives — oxide surfaces with oxygen adsorbates — so we specialise there instead of covering everything shallowly.
Close the loop to cost. A predicted property is not a decision. Candidates are propagated through a cell and system model to energy per kilogram, iridium per kilowatt and levelised cost, because that is where the question is actually settled.
How we intend to be judged
By whether the numbers hold up. The method is published and versioned, the tools are free so the cost model can be checked before anyone pays us, results are reproducible and citable, and where a question falls outside what we can defend, the system refuses to answer rather than guessing.
There is no fabricated social proof anywhere on this site — no invented logos, customer counts or testimonials. When there are real ones, they will appear.
Where this goes
Acidic OER for PEM electrolysis is the first domain pack. The engine is built to be molecule-agnostic, with ammonia cracking, methane pyrolysis and CO₂ conversion as further packs. Breadth comes after one chemistry is genuinely useful, not before.