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CellType

CellType is building an agentic drug company. AI agents that run the full drug discovery pipeline on top of biological foundation models that simulate human biology. Our core technology, developed with Google DeepMind, has already discovered and validated a new cancer treatment signal. We’re working with Top 10 pharma.

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CellType is building an agentic drug company. AI agents that run the full drug discovery pipeline on top of biological foundation models that simulate human biology. Our core technology, developed with Google DeepMind, has already discovered and validated a new cancer treatment signal. We’re working with Top 10 pharma.

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shared extracted concepts: human biology; shared product terms: drug, discovery, pipeline, biological; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Strand AI

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shared extracted concept terms: foundation, model; shared product terms: drug, foundation, model, biology; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Origami Therapeutics, Inc.

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shared extracted concept terms: human, model; shared product terms: drug, discovery, model, human; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Tamarind Bio

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shared extracted concept terms: biology, model; shared product terms: top, model, simulate, biology; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

AbInitio Bio

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shared extracted concept terms: model, foundation; shared product terms: foundation, model, validat, pharma; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Standard Signal

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shared product terms: signal, model, discover, human; shared affiliation: Y Combinator