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Recursion

Recursion

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Recursion is a drug discovery company that utilizes automation and machine learning.

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Problem Statement

The company aims to industrialize drug discovery and decode biology, thereby improving the cost, timeline, and probability of success in developing new drugs for diseases with high unmet medical need, potentially reducing drug discovery time by a factor of 10.

Core Technology

"Recursion Operating System (OS)," an end-to-end AI-driven drug discovery and development platform combining automation, high-throughput wet labs, robotics, computer vision, and advanced AI/machine learning models. It leverages over 50 petabytes of proprietary biological and chemical data and utilizes the BioHive-2 supercomputer (built with NVIDIA).

Key Differentiators

Integrated TechBio approach with a robust pipeline of AI-enabled assets; one of the world's largest proprietary multimodal biological and chemical datasets (over 50 petabytes); BioHive-2 supercomputer with NVIDIA; aims to improve cost, timeline, and probability of success in drug development by automating workflows and leveraging computational models, potentially reducing drug discovery time by a factor of 10.

Clinical Focus

Indications with high unmet medical need, particularly in oncology (cancer) and rare diseases.

Target Customers

Pharmaceutical companies (partners) and ultimately patients with diseases of high unmet medical need.

Product Stage

R&D

Company Info

Business Model
B2B (partnerships with pharmaceutical companies for drug development, licensing, royalties, milestone payments), B2C (future drug sales from internal development)
Founded
2013
Total Funding
1,000,000,000
Website
recursion.com

Categories

Drug Discovery/Development

Disease Areas

Technologies

AutomationMachine LearningArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsComputer VisionHigh-throughput Wet LabsSupercomputingDrug Discovery Platform

Clinical & IP

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Clinical Validation

Identified as a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a pipeline that includes programs for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), hypophosphatasia, advanced solid tumors, biomarker-enriched solid tumors and lymphoma, B-cell malignancies, and HR+ breast cancer.

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