Vision and Mission

Band Gap empowers scientists, engineers, and educators with advanced and sustainable AI and machine learning solutions. Our mission is to accelerate innovation at the forefront of these domains and deliver an enduring public benefit for future generations.

We believe in working closely with customers and communities to support educators, young scientists, and engineers. We build long-lasting relationships with clients and value making their business better together by applying the right expertise and technology in the right way. We strive to create a positive material impact on society by commercializing and spreading pioneering technology to overlooked market segments and addressing the high-impact problems that others believe to be impossible.

Our vision is a world permeated by intelligent systems that support and enrich human lives. We are making this vision a reality by building a global network of partners and customers who believe in using artificial intelligence openly, fairly, equally, and sustainably.

Our immediate goals include releasing three new, high-impact products in home and office automation, educational AI, and open source on-premise large-language and foundation models. We are also providing expert science and engineering services to clients and establishing Band Gap as a leading contributor in open source software development related to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation.

Our product line targets home users, small business owners, educators, and small research groups interested in increasing their productivity with AI tooling. Our services target the larger science and engineering market segment, which includes public and private research organizations, educational institutions and entities that support them, national laboratories, and industrial science and engineering teams.

The future of artificial intelligence is quickly approaching, with industry projections estimating a US$1 trillion market valuation by 2028 - a testament to the transformative power of generative AI. While these advancements promise unprecedented growth and innovation, it’s evident that science, engineering, and education are struggling to keep pace with the rapid development. At the Band Gap Corporation, we believe in bridging the gap between these communities and cutting-edge AI capabilities and that doing so is both a vital contribution and a strategic business advantage.

Band Gap Corporation is a privately owned Virginia Public Benefit Corporation as defined in Section 13.1 of the Code of Virginia. Our shareholders are governed under a shareholder agreement that includes the expressed intent to consider the effects of our corporate actions on our employees and workforce, customers, communities and other stakeholders in addition to our shareholders. In addition to these more general public benefits, our directors actively drive the company to produce open source software, mentor the next generation of professionals, seek out and solve high-impact problems regardless of profit considerations, and engage in public service and charitable giving.

History

Band Gap started in April 2025 as an effort between three friends to make a difference and have a lasting positive impact on the world. Its name refers to the band gaps in semiconductors and signifies the company’s commitment to bringing the energy and expertise needed to be the bridge between “grounded” communities and “excited” state of the art science and engineering.