Founded 2025
Founders Gabriel Yoong, CEO Luke Cullen, CTO

Material Difference is building AI that understands the underground to solve the $5.3T critical mineral shortage.


Founders

Gabriel
Yoong

CEO

Gabriel is a second-time founder and the ex-CEO of a VC-backed EV charging startup. He was the youngest investor at Low Carbon, where he raised and deployed $100M+ and built Netherlands’ largest battery platform.

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Luke
Cullen

CTO

Luke is an experienced mining geophysicist with a PhD in Explainable AI from the University of Cambridge. He has built AI systems at NASA and was the first hire at a successfully exited satellite startup.

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