Principal chemistry systems consulting for AI and R&D teams.
NewChem is the consulting and infrastructure practice of Dr. Josiah Newton (That Chemist), Principal Chemistry Systems Consultant & Infrastructure Architect.
NewChem Database is in early alpha. The current public alpha scope lives in Docs. Email contact@newchem.ca to join.
What is NewChem?
NewChem combines consulting, education, and local-first chemistry tooling for teams that need chemistry decisions to hold up under scrutiny. The NewChem Database is the flagship tool, while consulting engagements focus on chemistry ground-truth, quality audit, and workflow reliability.
NewChem runs in two connected lanes: consulting for decision-critical chemistry work, and public technical education through That Chemist to make advanced methods usable in practice.
Trusted by Scale AI
Chemistry ground-truth, prompt engineering, and quality audit support for frontier model workflows.
Consulting focus areas
AI chemistry quality review
Review and audit prompt, rubric, SFT, and RLHF chemistry workflows for technical correctness. This includes PhD-level prompt engineering and large-scale QA for frontier model teams.
Dataset and annotation audits
Audit chemistry datasets and annotation pipelines to improve reliability, traceability, and model-ready data quality.
Synthetic route and method support
Support complex synthetic planning and method development for high-stakes R&D programs.
Education and public work
Through That Chemist, Josiah translates advanced synthetic chemistry into high-signal educational content for a global audience. NewChem extends that work into practical software, documentation, and consulting frameworks teams can implement directly.
NewChem Database (current public alpha)
SMILES ↔ InChI + naming
Convert between formats, track synonyms, and keep consistent identifiers.
Structure search + tags
Fast substructure queries with flexible tagging and metadata notes.
Rarity metrics
Heuristics that surface how common a molecule is across datasets.
Not in the current alpha
Reaction workflows and deeper OCR/DECIMER support remain internal or planned, not public alpha scope.
For the live public boundary, use Docs and NewChem Database, not internal planning language.
Engagement style
Engagements are scoped for fast clarity and practical execution. Work starts with risk-focused scoping, then progresses through audit, implementation, and clean handoff.
Delivery flow
- Scope the highest-risk chemistry decisions
- Audit assumptions in prompts, data, or workflows
- Implement or redesign workflow components
- Deliver handoff artifacts and decision logic
About the creator
NewChem is built by Dr. Josiah Newton (That Chemist), Principal Chemistry Systems Consultant & Infrastructure Architect. His work integrates consulting, chemistry education, and local-first tool development to help teams make reliable scientific decisions.
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