Persist AI (YC W23) — Developing long-lasting drug formulations 50% faster
It takes 5 years for pharma to develop long lasting drug injections for chronic diseases like cancer and diabetes. Persist uses AI-driven automation to reduce formulation development time down to 2 years, a ~50% reduction.
Persist AI is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2023 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Developing long-lasting drug formulations 50% faster. The founders listed are Karthik Raman (Founder), Christopher Shelner (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, December 19, 2022).
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It takes 5 years for pharma to develop long lasting drug injections for chronic diseases like cancer and diabetes. Persist uses AI-driven automation to reduce formulation development time down to 2 years, a ~50% reduction.
Karthik Raman
Founder
Christopher Shelner
Founder
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