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YC AI-powered Drug Discovery

37 companies · 31 active · 100% AI · most in S21 (7)

Companies tagged AI-powered Drug Discovery

37 of 37 companies

CompanyProgram
Halmos LabsMaximum information per experiment, minimum experiments per conclusionActiveAIYCF26
Atlas DiscoveryAI-native pharma companyActiveAIYCS26
WonderTxExtrapolative AI to unlock First-in-Class drugsActiveAIYCS26
Paceline BioAccelerating clinical ops for biotech & pharmaActiveAIYCF25
b12 LabsMaking hard molecules for Pharma and BiotechActiveAIYCS25
ConvexiaThe world's first AI-maximalist pharma companyActiveAIYCS25
Ångström AIGen AI molecular simulations that reproduce wetlab resultsActiveAIYCS24
Evolvere BioSciencesMaking Next-Generation Antibiotics that Outpace Bacterial EvolutionActiveAIYCS24
Tamarind BioAI Inference Platform for Drug DiscoveryActiveAIYCW24
NanograbDeliver genes to any cell with AIActiveAIYCS23
Diffuse BioGenerative AI for protein designActiveAIYCW23
Lavo Life SciencesAI for drug formulationInactiveAIYCW23
KeylikaRedefining the Standard of Care for Iron Deficiency AnemiaActiveAIYCS22
Rosebud BiosciencesGrowing micro-organs to find new drugsActiveAIYCW22
AdaptyvWe're building fully automated labs for protein engineeringActiveAIYCS21
CellChorusThe dynamic single-cell analysis companyActiveAIYCS21
Harmonic DiscoveryMulti-targeted therapeutics to treat complex diseasesActiveAIYCS21
MatrubialsDeveloping milk-inspired therapeutics for infectious diseasesActiveAIYCS21
Output BiosciencesThe foundation for the next era of biologyActiveAIYCS21
Parallel BioUsing the immune system to cure diseaseActiveAIYCS21
SFA TherapeuticsRegulating the immune system to block cancer & autoimmune diseasesActiveAIYCS21
PipeBioPipeBio is a SaaS bioinformatics platform to develop antibody drugs.AcquiredAIYCW21
Known MedicineCombining 3D cell culture & AI to translate drugs to clinical successAcquiredAIYCS20
Nabla BioWe use AI to design antibodies for intractable diseasesActiveAIYCS20
Altay TherapeuticsAltay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription…ActiveAIYCW20
Menten AIMenten AI designs peptide and protein therapeutics using quantum…ActiveAIYCW20
PostEraMedicinal Chemistry powered by Machine LearningActiveAIYCW20
ShiruShiru leverages ML to create proteins to feed the world sustainably.ActiveAIYCS19
1910Multimodal AI Platform for Modality Agnostic Drug Discovery™ActiveAIYCW19
ResistanceBioWe solve drug resistance for cancerInactiveAIYCW19
Synkrino BiotherapeuticsSynkrino's AI, SATIS is a powerful, unbiased discovery system for…ActiveAIYCS18
MacromoltekComputational antibody designActiveAIYCW18
Persephone BiosciencesWe are using the gut microbiome to end cancer.ActiveAIYCW18
Reverie LabsEngineering next-generation, brain-penetrant cancer therapies.InactiveAIYCW18
QvinEmpowering women. Period.ActiveAIYCW16
Numerion LabsArtificial intelligence for drug discovery.ActiveAIYCW15
TeevoxTeevoxInactiveAIYCS10

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AI-powered Drug Discovery companies per YC batch
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Nearby spaces: Biotech 19, Drug discovery 7, Machine Learning 7, Therapeutics 6, Biotechnology 4, Generative AI 3, Drug Delivery 3, Deep Learning 3, Oncology 2, Robotics 1

Sources: each program's public company list, read twice a week. Not affiliated with Y Combinator or any other program. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

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