CuspAI, a UK startup that makes algorithms for designing new materials, raised $30 million in its initial funding round and has recruited artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton to its advisory board. The company uses generative AI and molecular simulation to work as a “search engine” for materials, CuspAI said in a statement on Tuesday. Hinton, a computer scientist who is often called one of the “godfathers of AI,” has been selective in who he advises since he left Alphabet Inc.’s Googl...