An index of frontier and emerging AI labs.
Bio / AI drug discovery
Biology foundation-model startup training transformer models on DNA, RNA, and multi-omics data to improve biological-system understanding. Emerged from stealth in March 2026 with a $7M seed from Asterion, Galion Project, and others. Open-sourced BOTANIC model family for plant genomics.
| Name | Living Models |
|---|---|
| Space | Bio / AI drug discovery |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Latest valuation | — |
| Stage | — |
| Status | active |
| HQ | Paris / Berkeley |
| Founders | Cyril Veran, Leonard Strouk, Bertrand Gakiere |
| Website | https://livingmodels.ai |
| Careers | https://livingmodels.notion.site |
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| X / Twitter | — |
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| Date | Type | Title | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-14 | added | Living Models added to tracker | — |
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| Lab | Valuation | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| Isomorphic Labs | >$15B | 2021 |
| Xaira Therapeutics | ~$4B | 2024 |
| insitro | ~$2.5B | 2018 |
| Generate Biomedicines | ~$2B | 2018 |
| Recursion | ~$1.75B (mkt cap) | 2013 |
| Chai Discovery | $1.3B | 2024 |
| Earendil Labs | ~$1B | 2023 |
| EvolutionaryScale | >$1B | 2024 |