OPTIC

The AI engine Fit Assessment

Beta

The company effectively leverages machine learning to enhance drug discovery, identify novel candidates, and discover new patterns in molecular activity.

Blurb

Optic is a content identification engine for Web3 that keeps an eye on blockchains to show where and how each NFT originated.

HQ Location

San Francisco (United States)

Founded

2006

Employees

11 - 50

Total funding raised

$11.00M

Last Funding Event

Seed, $11.00M, July 20, 2022

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

Developer of AI technology designed to accelerate the process of molecular discovery. The company uses a unique approach based on molecular activity, allowing for the identification of potential drug compounds with high precision and speed, it also enhances the accuracy of drug compound discovery by using machine learning algorithms, helping pharma companies in drug discovery.