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Bioptimus

Paris AI company training universal, multimodal foundation models of biology across molecule, cell, tissue and organ scales; its H-Optimus pathology model and M-Optimus model, which integrates histology with spatial transcriptomics and genomics, power drug-target discovery, biomarker work and treatment-response prediction for pharma R&D.

Headquarters

Paris, France

Year Founded

2024

Founders

Jean-Philippe Vert (CEO), Zelda Mariet, Felipe Llinares-Lopez

Country

France

Financial Information

Funding Stage

Series A

Recent Funding

$76M

Funding By

Cathay Innovation, Sofinnova Partners, Bpifrance Large Venture, Andera Partners, Hitachi Ventures

Core Technology

Multimodal foundation models spanning molecule-to-organ biology (H-Optimus, M-Optimus)

Product Type

AI Platform

Pipeline Stage (Very Important)

Commercialized (platform)

Regulatory Status

  • IND Filed: N/A
  • FDA/EMA Status: N/A
  • Clinical Trial Registration: N/A
  • Patents / IP Status: Not disclosed

Partnerships

Pharma Collaborations

Used by 16 of the top 20 pharma companies (per company)

Academic / Hospital Tie-ups

Not disclosed

CRO/CDMO Partnerships

None disclosed

Market & Differentiation

Foundation models that learn across molecular, cellular and tissue scales rather than a single modality