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Recursion Pharmaceuticals

Recursion Pharmaceuticals

AI-discovered treatments for unmet disease

Recursion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage TechBio company expediting drug discovery using experimental biology, bioinformatics, and AI. Its proprietary Recursion OS integrates automation, data collection, and machine learning to industrialize drug discovery, aiming to reduce failure rates.

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Problem Statement

The high failure rate and slowness of traditional drug discovery.

Core Technology

experimental biology, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence (AI)

Key Differentiators

testing up to 2.2 million samples per week; accelerating target identification to IND-enabling studies in less than 18 months (vs. 42 months); largest supercomputer in the pharmaceutical industry (BioHive-2)

Clinical Focus

aggressive cancers; rare diseases

Company Info

Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
676,000,000
Website
recursion.com

Categories

Drug Discovery/Development

Disease Areas

Technologies

TechBioAIMachine LearningHigh-throughput automationBioinformaticsDrug DiscoverySupercomputing

Clinical & IP

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Clinical Validation

REC-4881 Phase 1b/2 positive results: 43% median polyp reduction, 75% of patients with improved polyp burden, 40% achieved clinically meaningful Spigelman stage improvement. FDA Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations. Sanofi achieved initial milestones on five programs (Q1 2025: $7M payment). Roche partnership generated $60M in milestones on neuroscience and oncology maps.

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Too Big!

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