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Blank Bio (YC S25) — RNA intelligence for precision medicine

Blank Bio is an applied AI research lab focused on increasing the success rates of clinical trials. We do this by training RNA foundation models that learn the patterns that shape disease progression and patient response to treatment.

Blank Bio is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: RNA intelligence for precision medicine. The founders listed are Jonny Hsu (Founder/CEO), Philip Fradkin (Founder), Ian Shi (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, August 5, 2025).

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Blank Bio

New accelerator entry · 2025-08-05 · the record

Summer 2025
batch
6
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchSummer 2025
Announced2025-08-05
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size6
IndustryHealthcare
Sub-industryHealthcare -> Therapeutics
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://blank.bio/
Previously known asOrthrus Bio

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Blank Bio is an applied AI research lab focused on increasing the success rates of clinical trials. We do this by training RNA foundation models that learn the patterns that shape disease progression and patient response to treatment. We aim to help pharma make more informed decisions in clinical trials by capturing the biology that makes each patient’s tumour unique. We’re a technical team of AI scientists and engineers from companies including Recursion, Deep Genomics, DeepMind, and Amazon, and institutions including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, Stanford, and the Vector Institute.

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