Shiru, named a TIME Best Invention of 2024 for its AI-powered approach to ingredient discovery, and Ingredion Inc. (NYSE: INGR), a leading global ingredient solutions provider, today announced a global R&D collaboration aimed at accelerating the discovery and commercialization of novel functional proteins for food, beverage, supplements and specialized nutrition.

Ingredion and Shiru will engage in the joint pursuit of a targeted R&D program enabled by Shiru's proprietary AI discovery platform — the industry's broadest searchable database of functional protein ingredients, with more than 77 million natural protein sequences catalogued and analyzed.