John Banovetz

New Capabilities

As of May 2026: Leading 3M's AI-driven R&D transformation

For a century, developing new materials meant years of trial and error—mixing compounds, testing formulations, discarding failures, and starting over. Now PPG, 3M, and Procter & Gamble use AI to explore millions of chemical combinations simultaneously: development timelines drop from years to weeks, and the AI surfaces solutions human chemists missed.

Updated May 23