Atomwise

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Atomwise is a preclinical pharmaceutical company that utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance the drug discovery process. Their proprietary technology, AtomNet®, focuses on identifying and optimizing small-molecule drug candidates for various disease targets.

Blurb

Atomwise develops artificial intelligence systems using powerful deep learning algorithms and supercomputers for drug discovery.

HQ Location

San Francisco (United States)

Founded

2012

Employees

51 - 200

Total funding raised

$221.65M

Last Funding Event

Series C, $45.00M, January 1, 2024

Smart insights

  • Catherine Msc (Chief People Officer) worked at Lilium as Head of People Business Partnering for 1.5 years (2021 - 2022)
  • Val Miftakhov (Founder & CEO) worked at Google in various roles, including Head of R&D, Google for Work Incubation, for a total of 4 years (2012 - 2016)
  • 6m headcount growth: 25%
  • 1Y headcount growth: 94%
  • Headcount-to-last-round ratio: 5.3 employees/$M
Subspaces
  • Drug Discovery Optimization

Atomwise is a preclinical pharma company revolutionizing how drugs are discovered with AI. We invented the use of deep learning for structure-based drug discovery, today developing a pipeline of small-molecule drug candidates advancing into preclinical studies. Our AtomNet® technology has been used to unlock more undruggable targets than any other AI drug discovery platform. We are tackling over 600 unique disease targets with more than 250 partners around the world, including leading pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and emerging biotechnology companies. Atomwise has raised over $174 million from leading venture capital firms to advance our mission to make better medicines, faster. Learn more at atomwise.com, or connect on Twitter and LinkedIn.