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PIPA is the AI systems company for Food Intelligence. We build platforms that combine machine learning, scientific computation, and multiphysics simulation to help food, beverage, ingredient, and supplement companies develop better products, faster. Our two core platforms serve distinct purposes across the product development lifecycle. FIOS (Food
Innovation Operating System) is an operating system for product development — connecting formulation, processing, compliance, and commercialization in a single environment where R&D, regulatory, and commercial teams work from shared data and shared models. LEAP (Scientific Intelligence Platform) powers the science behind every ingredient decision, accelerating the discovery of bioactive compounds, health targets, and formulation pathways through AI-driven evidence analysis. Underlying both platforms is a proprietary technology stack that integrates four modeling approaches — knowledge graphs, predictive ML, natural language processing, and physics-based digital twins — into unified predictions. Our digital twin capabilities construct first-principles simulations of manufacturing processes like extrusion and baking, solving coupled equations for heat transfer, moisture diffusion, and thermo-mechanical deformation to reduce experimental trial-and-error. PIPA platforms are deployed by global R&D teams at companies including Mars, Incorporated. Customers use our systems across snack, bakery, beverage, packaged food, functional nutrition, and supplement categories — for formulation, reformulation, ingredient discovery, claims substantiation, and process optimization. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Davis, California.
