# New AI Drug Discovery Startups Founded Since 2020: Market Map 2026 (68 Companies) > 68 AI drug discovery startups founded in 2020 or later, mapped in 4 segments, best-funded first: $5.9B raised. Updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/new-ai-drug-discovery-startups-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## AI discovery platforms 44 - [Isomorphic Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/isomorphic-labs) - [Xaira Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/xaira-therapeutics) - [Zephyr AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/zephyr-ai) - [METiS Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/metis-pharmaceuticals) - [Belharra Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/belharra-therapeutics) - [Xellar Biosystems](https://millionrounds.com/company/xellar-biosystems) - [Algorithmiq](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorithmiq) - [Orakl Oncology](https://millionrounds.com/company/orakl-oncology) - [Transcripta Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/transcripta-bio) - [Form Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/form-bio) - [TandemAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/tandemai) - [Mithrl](https://millionrounds.com/company/mithrl) - [CoSyne Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cosyne-therapeutics) - [iN Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/in-therapeutics) - [Parallel Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/parallel-bio) - [VRG Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/vrg-therapeutics) - [Harell Data](https://millionrounds.com/company/harell-data) - [Multiomic Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/multiomic-health) - [CytoTronics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytotronics) - [Axiom Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/axiom-therapeutics) - [RECEPTOR.AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/receptor-ai) - [Imperagen](https://millionrounds.com/company/imperagen) - [DaltonTx](https://millionrounds.com/company/daltontx) - [MiLaboratories](https://millionrounds.com/company/milaboratories) +20 more ## Protein design 9 - [Septerna](https://millionrounds.com/company/septerna) - [Outpace Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/outpace-bio) - [BioGeometry](https://millionrounds.com/company/biogeometry) - [Gandeeva Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/gandeeva-therapeutics) - [Galux](https://millionrounds.com/company/galux) - [ALLOX](https://millionrounds.com/company/allox) - [*CT* Celeris Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/celeris-therapeutics) - [Leash Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/leash-bio) - [Proteinea](https://millionrounds.com/company/proteinea) ## Small molecules 9 - [Terremoto Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/terremoto-biosciences) - [Congruence Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/congruence-therapeutics) - [Kimia Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/kimia-therapeutics) - [Montai Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/montai-therapeutics) - [Empress Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/empress-therapeutics) - [XinThera](https://millionrounds.com/company/xinthera) - [MindRank AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/mindrank-ai) - [Kuano](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuano) - [HotHouse Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/hothouse-therapeutics) ## Antibodies and biologics 6 - [Metaphore Biotechnologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaphore-biotechnologies) - [Tahoe Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/tahoe-therapeutics) - [immunitoAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/immunitoai) - [Algorithmic Biologics](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorithmic-biologics) - [Kiin Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/kiin-bio) - [Singlomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/singlomics) ## Segment by segment ### AI discovery platforms 44 startups · $4.8B raised - [**Isomorphic Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/isomorphic-labs) Isomorphic Labs is a London-based artificial intelligence company focused on transforming the drug discovery process. United Kingdom $3.1B - [**Xaira Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/xaira-therapeutics) Xaira Therapeutics is an integrated biotechnology company founded in 2023 and publicly launched in April 2024. United States $1.0B - [**Zephyr AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/zephyr-ai) Zephyr AI is a precision medicine and healthcare technology company focused on enhancing drug discovery and clinical trials throug United States $111M - [**METiS Pharmaceuticals**](https://millionrounds.com/company/metis-pharmaceuticals) METiS Pharmaceuticals is the world's first AI-driven drug formulation company. China $56M - [**Belharra Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/belharra-therapeutics) Belharra Therapeutics disrupts the drug discovery paradigm with its novel photoaffinity-based chemoproteomics platform. United States $50M - [**Xellar Biosystems**](https://millionrounds.com/company/xellar-biosystems) Xellar Biosystems is an AI-driven biotechnology company founded in 2022, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. United States $50M - [**Algorithmiq**](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorithmiq) Algorithmiq is a quantum software company based in Helsinki, founded in 2020. Finland $37M - [**Orakl Oncology**](https://millionrounds.com/company/orakl-oncology) Orakl Oncology is a French techbio startup founded in 2023 as a spin-off from the Gustave Roussy Institute, a leading cancer research center. France $35M ### Protein design 9 startups · $497M raised - [**Septerna**](https://millionrounds.com/company/septerna) Septerna is a biotech firm unlocking diverse drug discovery potential in G protein-coupled receptors across various diseases. United States $150M - [**Outpace Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/outpace-bio) Outpace Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Seattle, Washington. United States $144M - [**BioGeometry**](https://millionrounds.com/company/biogeometry) BioGeometry is a Beijing-based biotech company that specializes in digital biology and AI applications in protein design and drug discovery. China $100M - [**Gandeeva Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/gandeeva-therapeutics) Gandeeva Therapeutics is a precision biotechnology company based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 2021. Canada $40M - [**Galux**](https://millionrounds.com/company/galux) Galux is a biotechnology company based in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 2020. South Korea $29M - [**ALLOX**](https://millionrounds.com/company/allox) ALLOX is a techbio startup founded in 2023, emerging from Barcelona's Centre for Genomic Regulation. Spain $11M - [*CT* **Celeris Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/celeris-therapeutics) Harnessing deep learning and lab automation to accelerate drug discovery in targeted protein degradation. United States $9.8M - [**Leash Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/leash-bio) Leash Bio, also known as Leash Biosciences, is an AI-native biotechnology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, founded in 2021. United States $9.3M ### Small molecules 9 startups · $590M raised - [**Terremoto Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/terremoto-biosciences) Terremoto Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotechnology company founded in 2021, focused on covalent drug discovery and development. United States $283M - [**Congruence Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/congruence-therapeutics) Congruence Therapeutics is a Montreal-based biotechnology company founded in 2021 by Clarissa Desjardins, PhD, and Michael Rock Goldsmith. Canada $72M - [**Kimia Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kimia-therapeutics) Kimia Therapeutics, Inc. United States $55M - [**Montai Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/montai-therapeutics) Montai Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, MA, founded in 2022. United States $50M - [**Empress Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/empress-therapeutics) Empress Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on small-molecule drug discovery. United States $50M - [**XinThera**](https://millionrounds.com/company/xinthera) XinThera is a drug discovery company focused on building small molecule oncology and immunology pipeline. United States $50M - [**MindRank AI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mindrank-ai) MindRank AI is a clinical-stage company based in Shanghai, specializing in AI-powered drug discovery. China $23M - [**Kuano**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kuano) Kuano is a UK-based biotechnology company founded in 2020, specializing in drug discovery. United Kingdom $4.8M ### Antibodies and biologics 6 startups · $92M raised - [**Metaphore Biotechnologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/metaphore-biotechnologies) Metaphore Biotechnologies is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2021 by Flagship Pioneering. United States $50M - [**Tahoe Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tahoe-therapeutics) Tahoe Therapeutics is a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, California. United States $30M - [**immunitoAI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/immunitoai) immunitoAI is a TechBio startup founded in 2020, based in Bengaluru, India. India $6.1M - [**Algorithmic Biologics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/algorithmic-biologics) Algorithmic Biologics is a Bengaluru-based startup founded in March 2021 by Dr. United States $2.5M - [**Kiin Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kiin-bio) Kiin Bio, legally known as Kiin AI Limited, is a UK-based artificial intelligence company focused on AI-driven drug discovery and United Kingdom $2.2M - [**Singlomics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/singlomics) Singlomics uses single-cell sequencing technology for antibody drug discovery. - $1.4M **How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track, and was founded in 2020 or later. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in AI drug discovery, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More market maps [All maps](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps) [Market map **AI drug discovery market map** 162 startups · 4 segments · $10B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ai-drug-discovery-market-map)[Investors map **Who invests in AI drug discovery** 82 investors · 5 segments](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ai-drug-discovery-investors-map)[Raised in 2026 **AI drug discovery startups that raised in 2026** 35 startups · 3 segments · $3.5B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ai-drug-discovery-raised-2026-market-map)[Market map · United States **AI drug discovery market map: United States** 87 startups · 4 segments · $5.5B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ai-drug-discovery-united-states-market-map)[Market map · Europe **AI drug discovery market map: Europe** 43 startups · 3 segments · $3.9B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/ai-drug-discovery-europe-market-map)[Market map **Marketing tech market map** 1,963 startups · 7 segments · $41B](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/marketing-tech-market-map) ## Who backs AI drug discovery? 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