Case studies

Scenarios, stated honestly, until batches say more.

We are pre-commercial. The scenarios below describe how Polymorra is deployed and what each engagement is measured against — they are illustrative, not published customer results. [PLACEHOLDER]

Built for the plants that make the world’s small molecules

  • Branded pharma
  • Generics
  • CDMOs
  • Fine chemicals
  • Peptide APIs
  • High-potency APIs
  • Continuous plants

Scenario 01 · Branded pharma

A polymorph that will not stay put

A high-value API where Form II converts under certain drying conditions. Polymorra predicts form in-line during crystallization, steers the antisolvent addition away from the transition boundary, and monitors form through drying.

  • Measured on: polymorph consistency across the campaign
  • Agents: crystallize-and-seed, purity-and-polymorph, isolate-and-dry
  • Autonomy: shadow → assist over one campaign

Scenario 02 · Generics

Yield left in the mother liquor

A high-volume generic API where cooling profile conservatism protects quality at the cost of yield. Polymorra holds supersaturation closer to the metastable limit with live feedback rather than margin.

  • Measured on: yield per batch and solvent recovery
  • Agents: crystallize-and-seed, flow-and-continuous
  • Autonomy: assist → bounded auto-control on a qualified train

Scenario 03 · CDMO

Tech transfer that keeps slipping

A CDMO receiving a client route needs to reproduce a lab crystallization at plant scale. The twin predicts plant behaviour from lab data, and shadow mode validates the prediction on the first campaign.

  • Measured on: time to first in-spec plant batch
  • Agents: twin, crystallize-and-seed, purity-and-polymorph
  • Autonomy: shadow, with the twin used pre-campaign

Scenario 04 · Quality

Release that waits on reviewers

A site where batch-record review is the release bottleneck. The record-and-review agent surfaces only deviations, each linked to the spectra, images, and telemetry behind it.

  • Measured on: review hours per batch and deviation cycle time
  • Agents: record-and-review, API-knowledge
  • Autonomy: no control authority required

Plant-edge console

One screen for the batch that is running right now

Supersaturation, particle size distribution, predicted polymorph, impurity trajectory, and the next control move — with the evidence behind each number.

Polymorra plant-edge console showing live supersaturation, particle size distribution, predicted polymorphic form, and impurity trajectory for a running crystallization, with the recommended next control move.

Pilot design

How we agree success before we start

Every engagement fixes the metric, the baseline, and the review cadence in writing.

ScenarioPrimary metricBaselineDecision point
Polymorph controlForm consistencyPrior campaignEnd of shadow campaign
Yield & solventYield per batchTrailing 12 batchesAfter 10 assisted batches
Tech transferTime to in-spec batchSite historical averageFirst plant campaign
Batch reviewReview hours per batchCurrent QA log30 days of records

Voices from the plant

What operators say

Composite quotes from design-partner discovery interviews. [PLACEHOLDER — to be replaced with named references post-pilot]

“The crystallization step is where our campaigns live or die. Seeing supersaturation, particle size, and predicted polymorph in one place — and having the profile adjust itself — is what we have wanted for twenty years.”
Crystallization & PAT EngineerTop-20 branded pharma · API site
“We do not want another dashboard. We want the batch to come out right and the record to be reviewable by exception. That is the only pitch that gets past QA.”
QA / Regulatory ManagerGeneric API manufacturer
“Tech transfer is our bottleneck. If the twin can predict the plant crystal from the lab crystal, that is worth more than the software costs.”
API Manufacturing DirectorGlobal CDMO

Trust & compliance

Validated for GMP manufacturing

Polymorra is engineered for regulated drug-substance production: grounded outputs, immutable audit trails, graduated autonomy, and validation documentation from day one.

21 CFR Part 11

Immutable, validated audit log for every agent perception, recommendation, and control action, with e-signature-ready review flows.

GMP / ICH Q7

Change control, validated model versioning, and deployment documentation designed for drug-substance manufacturing.

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type I in progress, Type II on the roadmap; SSO/RBAC, encryption in transit and at rest. [ASPIRATIONAL]

Route & IP protection

Per-tenant isolation of routes, recipes, spectra, and crystal images. No cross-tenant training. On-prem option.

Graduated autonomy

Shadow → assist → bounded auto-control. Every autonomy level is explicitly configured, bounded, and revocable.

Grounded outputs

Every recommendation cites the spectra, images, telemetry, SOP, or specification it was derived from.

Plant-edge first

Inference runs on-site so control loops survive network loss; cloud is for training, fleet, and analytics.

Human-in-the-loop

Chemist and QA checkpoints are first-class: approve, correct, or reject — and every correction trains the models.

Pricing

Land on one train. Expand to the plant.

Pricing follows the value of the batch: per reactor or crystallizer train, per plant, or an enterprise agreement with outcome components.

Line

Manufacturers validating ROI on the wedge workflow.

$13,000

per reactor or crystallizer train / month

  • Reaction-control, crystallization/polymorph-control, or PAT-sensing AI for one train
  • Plant-edge runtime with validated model versioning
  • Connectors for one DCS, one PAT stack, and one MES
  • Review console for chemists and PAT engineers
  • Part 11 audit trail from day one
Start a line pilot

Enterprise

CDMOs and pharma networks standardizing on Polymorra.

Custom

land $600k – $7M ACV

  • Multi-site deployment and plant-edge fleet management
  • Custom route, crystallization, and impurity models
  • Validation support and qualification documentation
  • On-prem or hybrid deployment with NVIDIA AI Enterprise
  • SLAs, dedicated solutions engineering, and outcome pricing
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