Broad Interest in the Potential of Natural Compounds: Many companies across various different sectors, including but not limited to chemistry, cosmetics, health/wellness, food, beverage, alcohol - to name just a few - see the opportunities with natural molecules. Many are actively developing products with these molecules and some are watching from a distance.  

Stigma and Misinformation are Stunting Innovation: Due to the stigma and misinformation associated with many of these natural molecules, companies are afraid of announcing or making it known publicly that they are actively developing products with many of these molecules. 

The Skunk Works Nature AI solution: Instead of spending the money and time to learn the intricacies of the regulatory, biological, governmental, intellectual property, chemical, botanical or market nuances of these compounds, companies come to Skunk Works Nature AI to get those insights faster and more cheaply.

The Skunk Works Nature AI team sterilizes the names of its clients so their directives aren’t revealed while accelerating their efforts by leveraging our:

• 35+ years of relevant experience,

• 3+ years of applying artificial intelligence (AI), and

• 28+ years of cultivating an international network of respected experts.

With this model, we believe Skunk Works Nature AI can accelerate our clients strategies and product development initiatives, so they monetize and profits from their natural product innovation.

The Long History of Lucrative Natural Compounds: For centuries, people and companies have successfully monetized natural compounds and made fortunes over sucrose, sodium chloride, saffron, caffeine, nicotine, to name a few.  Those were the low-hanging fruit.  We believe revenues and profits from the future innovation from natural compounds can dwarf those molecules historic numbers.

Renewed Interest in Functional Products: The expansion of Cannabis – both THC+ (MJ) and THC- (hemp) – across the globe along with the renewed interest in psychedelics has kick-started interest in natural products around the world.

The Skunk Works Nature AI solution:  Many of these natural molecules come from around the world.  We aim to leverage our biochemistry knowledge, bioprocessing expertise and experienced gained by working with companies with operations on six of the seven continents to help drive the development of these molecules for many different uses, treatments and benefits.

We’ve Established a Global Network of Experts: Since 1997 and David Traylor’s first transactional role, we have been building a global network of respected experts with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, including but not limited to chemistry/medicinal chemistry, consumer packaged goods, private equity, tobacco, beverage, wellness, cosmetics, nutraceuticals, biotechnology, ethnobotany, government, regulation and biology among the subjects.

Powerful Collection of Knowledge: Leveraging our respected global reputation established over the last 20 years, we have created a foundation of key opinion leaders across many different functional roles and industrial sectors.  If we don’t have the answer for our clients, we most likely know someone that does.

The Skunk Works Nature AI solution:  The application of technology to our global network allows Skunk Works Nature AI to produce broad-based solutions and answers to difficult questions posed by our clients. 

Proven Success in Innovation and Intellectual Property: We have a unique combination of skillsets to assist our clients with innovation and intellectual property. With a track record of three issued U.S. patents in addition to experience working in manufacturing, process development, product development and project management, we have the capabilities to help our clients to create solutions that can be backed by patents and trademarks.

Combining Innovation Experience With Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI): We have been applying artificial intelligence to transactional workflows for over three years.   We’ve adopted those processes and procedures to evaluating and defining the current level of research achieved for many natural products with off-the-shelf technology.

The Potential Future of the Skunk Works Nature AI solution: We hope to remain at the forefront of the rapidly evolving application of ML/ AI to all different industries and to leverage that knowledge to develop our own customized ML/AI tools. We think the co-evolution of natural product innovation with ML/AI could be very powerful.

Innovation to Profits. The end goal of innovation is always revenues and profits. Unfortunately, most of the time that isn’t achieved due to various different factors. Many times there are imbalances between market pull and technology push resulting in products that don’t meet market needs