The company
AMD Nano-USA
AMD Nano-USA is the American subsidiary of Advanced Material Development. It builds nanomaterials for radar-absorbing coatings, EMI shielding, and chemical-warfare-agent sensing. Its UK parent has publicly described Army radar-mitigation work and Irregular Warfare Technology Support Directorate laser-blocking work. Those relationships come from the company's own press materials, not from confirmed federal award dollar figures claimed here.
Before SamSearch
Materials R&D does not post under one clean keyword
Advanced-materials funding is scattered across DARPA, service research labs, SBIR topics, and directorate programs. Each office names the same science differently. A young U.S. subsidiary cannot afford to read every basic-research notice hunting for the few that match coatings and sensing.
How they use SamSearch
The capture workflow
AMD Nano-USA runs capture in SamSearch while it builds a federal presence: 415 recommendation runs screening 13,622 candidate solicitations, cutting 84% as noise, shortlisting 2,186, and feeding a 13-pursuit Journey Hub pipeline across DARPA, service-lab, and SBIR work.
By the numbers
AMD Nano-USA in SamSearch
Solicitations screened
13,622
Read by the recommendation engine
Worth a human look
2,186
Surfaced as relevant
Cut before review
84%
Removed as poor fit
Hours returned (est.)
762
Analyst time, platform estimate
From the market to the shortlist
How many solicitations the engine read for AMD Nano-USA, how many it removed, and how many made it to capture review.
13,622
Screened
100%
11,436
Cut
84% removed
2,186
Shortlisted
16%
Screening volume by week
Weekly solicitations screened versus the smaller set returned as relevant. From live recommendation activity.
Hours returned uses a platform estimate of 4 minutes per solicitation filtered out. Not a stopwatch measurement for this account.
Capabilities in play
What they run in the platform
Old way vs. SamSearch
What changed in the pursuit process
| Before | With SamSearch | |
|---|---|---|
| Opportunity screening | Broad reading across DARPA, service-lab, and SBIR boards for advanced-materials fits. | 415 recommendation runs screening 13,622 solicitations automatically. |
| Signal vs. noise | Materials funding uses inconsistent terminology across agencies. | 84% cut automatically. 2,186 shortlisted for review. |
FAQ
What does AMD Nano-USA use SamSearch for?
AMD Nano-USA runs capture in SamSearch while it builds a federal presence: 415 recommendation runs screening 13,622 candidate solicitations, cutting 84% as noise, shortlisting 2,186, and feeding a 13-pursuit Journey Hub pipeline across DARPA, service-lab, and SBIR work.
What results are documented here?
84% of opportunities filtered as noise; 2,186 surfaced as relevant from 13,622 reviewed; 13 pursuits tracked in-platform.
How were the results verified?
Platform activity comes from SamSearch production data. No award dollars are claimed where a matching public record is unavailable.