A new operating layer for preclinical R&D

The operating system for drug discovery.

BiotechOS is the first platform that makes biology a digital industry. Two people with a laptop can now run real preclinical programs across a global network of labs, get structured results back, feed them into AI, and iterate — the same way a startup ships software in the cloud today.

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Why we're rebuilding how the world makes medicine.
Founder
BiotechOS

“Intelligence is becoming too cheap to meter. When hypothesis generation is free and experimental design is automated, the bottleneck isn't ideas — it's the physical world. Science is about to go exponential.”

— Peter Diamandis
The problem

Drug discovery has never been digitized.

Every other industry has been transformed by software. Drug discovery still runs on cold emails, PDFs, and spreadsheets. Studies start with weeks of manual contracting before a single experiment runs. Results return as Word documents with no structure and no connection to anything that came before. There is no operating layer. We are building it.

Cost per drug
$2.6B
Average all-in cost to bring one compound through approval.
Time to market
12yrs
From hypothesis to FDA approval — when it works at all.
Failure rate
90%
Of clinical candidates fail somewhere along the pipeline.
Patients waiting
300M
Living with rare diseases that have zero approved cures.
The thesis

Three proven models. One operating system for biology.

Each of these models reshaped a trillion-dollar industry on its own. BiotechOS is the first platform to compose all three — purpose-built for the unique constraints of drug discovery.
LAYER 01
The network layer

A global lab network — instantly bookable.

Thousands of CROs sit underutilized. Hundreds of biotechs need them. Today the relationship is built through cold emails and weeks of back-and-forth. We turn it into an instant digital transaction.

  • Match by capability, capacity & track record in minutes
  • Standardized digital contracts & SOWs
  • Studies start in hours, not weeks
  • Capacity utilization visible to both sides
LAYER 02
The compute layer

Biology becomes programmable infrastructure.

A biotech submits a study request the way a developer makes an API call. The platform routes it, monitors execution, ingests results in real time, and feeds them back into AI — automatically.

  • API-call routing across the network
  • AI-driven CRO selection per study type
  • Transparent, market-driven pricing
  • Reg-doc & design tools, big-pharma grade
LAYER 03
The data layer

A drug-company data cooperative.

Big pharma's AI compounds on decades of proprietary data. Small biotechs alone can't compete. We change that with a cooperative — owners stay owners, but pool into one shared knowledge layer.

  • Companies own their data — always
  • Access scales with contribution
  • Predictions improve every experiment
  • Flywheel cannot be replicated from outside
The shift

From analog workshop to digital industry.

● Today · without BiotechOS

Slow, relationship-dependent, undifferentiated.

  • Cold emails to find a CRO that fits.
  • Weeks of contract negotiation before work begins.
  • PDFs back and forth — no standard format.
  • Word-doc results, lost in silos.
  • Every engagement starts from scratch.
  • Predictions don't compound.
● With BiotechOS

Instant, digital, compounding by default.

  • API call to the network — best CRO matched in minutes.
  • Standardized digital SOW & pricing.
  • Structured, machine-readable results.
  • Every result feeds back into platform AI.
  • Predictions get smarter with every program.
  • Two people with a laptop run a real preclinical program.
The roadmap · lights-out wetlab

Closing the loop between hypothesis and result.

Programmable biology: a biotech places an experiment order the same way a developer provisions a server. Agentic workflows translate it into a precise protocol. Robots execute. Results return — fully formatted, ready for the next decision cycle. Order to result, no humans in the middle.

Showcase partnerGinkgo Bioworks

We launch the lights-out capability through Ginkgo's robotic infrastructure, then expand across the network as more CROs connect their instruments to the platform API — a distributed grid of automated biological compute nodes.

CLOSED-LOOP EXPERIMENT · NX-7104RUNNING
API · order placedProtocol compiledRobot executingQC & ingestionPredictions updatedNext round designed
BiotechOS
closed loop
The order-of-magnitude shift

Before, you needed a lab. Now you need a laptop.

A decade ago, starting a software company meant buying servers and raising millions. Cloud computing collapsed that to a credit card and a weekend. We're building the same inflection for biology — and the people who get to invent medicine.

Before BiotechOS
Build a lab. Hire a team. Burn millions before a single experiment.
$10M+
Cost & years of runway just to start a drug-discovery program.
After BiotechOS
Two people. A laptop. An API call. Real results, in days.
$0/down
A subscription replaces a fundraise. Discovery becomes a digital industry.
Founders unlocked
10×
Order-of-magnitude expansion of who can run preclinical programs.
Patient impact · north star
45M
Patients in our line of sight by 2032 — diseases that are economically‑orphaned today.
Industry footprint
1/1
Built once, used by everyone — the operating layer for all of biology.
Why now

Three tailwinds — converging in 2026.

Three years ago this platform would have required a decade of execution and hundreds of millions in capital. Today the technical preconditions are here. The remaining problem is assembling the network — and that's an execution problem.
Tailwind 01 · Technology

Agentic coding is real.

Frameworks for autonomous workflows that reliably translate intent into protocols, route them, and monitor execution — finally production-grade. The hard part is no longer the technology.

Tailwind 02 · Regulation

FDA Modernization Act.

The FDA's framework explicitly opens the door to alternatives to animal testing — and to programmable, AI-driven regulatory pathways. The agency is now a partner, not a brake.

Tailwind 03 · Mandate

Project Genesis.

National momentum to modernize biomedical R&D infrastructure aligns with exactly what BiotechOS builds: a digital, observable, AI-native operating layer for drug discovery.

The compounding moat

Every program teaches the platform how to talk to the FDA.

Each program flowing through BiotechOS generates regulatory documentation — pre-IND requests, FDA correspondence, study justifications, IND modules, GLP audit packages. Across hundreds of programs this becomes the largest structured dataset of preclinical regulatory documentation ever assembled.

The platform's regulatory AI learns from every interaction — what language FDA responds to, which study designs pass, which submissions require amendment and why. The most expensive bottleneck in drug development gets cheaper for everyone, every quarter.

REG-DOC CORPUS · LIVE
Standard programsSuccessful FDA interactions · weighted
Platform tour · 2:34

A walkthrough of the operating system.

A narrated tour of the live product — intake, prediction, routing, wetlab execution, and signed evidence packets. Three minutes. No slides.

REC · PLATFORM TOUR · 02:34
From hypothesis to validated lead — in one OS.
The product · today

Standardizing the lab. Maximizing the margin.

BiotechOS is the first demand-aggregation and orchestration platform that treats laboratory infrastructure like a data center — eliminating the “Idle Tax” that consumes 60% of pre-clinical R&D budgets.

For biotech sponsors

Access, velocity, and cost.

Stop overpaying for “idle air.”

  • 25%cost reduction
    Bundled “shared control” efficiencies. You pay for your molecule, not the redundant infrastructure that surrounds it.
  • award → data
    From award to data in half the time. Pre-validated logic packets mean your study starts the day your samples arrive — no custom programming cycle.
  • Day 1audit-ready
    IND-ready data by design. Protocol Packets ship with automated capture templates; no more manual CSV stitching at filing time.
Why it matters
We don't just find you a CRO — we find you a “campaign slot” that makes your $1M budget feel like $1.3M.
For CROs & CDMOs

Profit, scale, and sanity.

Turn your lab from a boutique shop into a high-throughput factory.

  • 39 hrreclaimed / assay
    The 39-hour reclaim. Replace 40 hours of manual GUI programming with a 1-hour mapping session. Python-based logic scripts (PyLabRobot) provide the computational skeleton — your engineers just set the offsets.
  • 65%utilization
    Up from 35%. Our demand aggregator fills your dark hours with compatible studies. Run 5 molecules in one room-run and watch EBITDA per bench-hour compound.
  • PhDson science, not data entry
    Elite talent retention. Stop using PhD scientists as data-entry clerks and robot babysitters. BiotechOS automates the drudgery — your team focuses on the science that wins repeat business.
Why it matters
Increase your top-line capacity by 40% — without buying a single new instrument or hiring a single new engineer.
The bottom line
We're saving 39 hours of labor per assay and 25% of cost per study — turning fragmented, manual lab work into a scalable, programmable asset.
Four subsystems · one substrate

A complete operating system for preclinical R&D.

Discovery isn't a single problem — it's a stack of them. BiotechOS solves each layer with a dedicated subsystem, then composes them into a single, observable, auditable flow. No more spreadsheets between models and benches.
01 / BIOLOGY COMPUTE
Models · Predictions · Explainability

Bio Compute Engine

A foundation-model layer for structure, ADMET, toxicity, dose response, and biomarker prediction. Every score ships with calibrated uncertainty and a full feature attribution.

  • Rescue, Tox, Responder & Dose-Response models
  • Per-prediction uncertainty & SHAP explainability
  • BYO-model registry · open weights welcome
02 / WORKFLOW OS
Agents · Gates · Provenance

Agentic Workflow Plane

An 11-stage state machine for any program: intake → design → predict → route → run → QC → analyze → report. Agents propose; humans approve. Every transition is signed.

  • Living plan with branching scenarios
  • Approvals, gates & replayable audit trail
  • Slack / email / on-call escalation hooks
03 / NETWORK OS
Routing · Capacity · Pricing

Agentic CRO Network

Auto-route assays to the best CRO by capability, capacity, turnaround, and price — with bid-ask negotiation, signed SOWs, and live job telemetry from partner sites.

  • 47+ partner sites · 1,200+ qualified protocols
  • Intelligent dispatch & failure auto-rerouting
  • Unified KPIs across in-house & partner work
04 / AUTO WETLAB
Robots · Inventory · QC

Autonomous Wetlab

Closed-loop physical execution: protocol compilation, robot scheduling, plate-level QC, inventory consumption, and signed result return — running 24/7 without operator babysitting.

  • Hamilton, Tecan, Opentrons drivers (and more)
  • Live plate telemetry & deviation alerts
  • Inventory-aware scheduling · zero stock-outs
How it works

From hypothesis to signed evidence packet — in one flow.

Every program follows the same observable lifecycle. Subsystems speak to each other through the operating system; you watch from a single rail and intervene only at the gates that matter.
STEP 01

Intake

Bring a target, a hit list, or a hypothesis. Clarification agents shape it into a runnable program in minutes.

STEP 02

Predict & design

Models rank candidates with calibrated uncertainty. Designers iterate fragments, scaffolds, sequences.

STEP 03

Route & run

Assays auto-route to in-house wetlab or the best CRO. Plates execute 24/7 with live telemetry.

STEP 04

Decide & ship

Results return with a signed evidence packet. Approve, iterate, or hand off to downstream IND prep.

Inside the operating system

One observable rail. Every program, every layer.

A single workspace surfaces predictions, runs, partners, and decisions — without leaving the OS.

PROGRAM · NX‑7104 · DOSE‑RESPONSE LANDSCAPE
PREDICTED EC50 · LOG SCALEPredictedWetlab confirmed
INTAKE
DESIGN
PREDICT
ROUTE
RUN
QC
REPORT
ACTIVE PROGRAMS
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PREDICT · 12 LEADS RANKED
2h
NX‑6620 · TYK2
ROUTING · 4 CRO BIDS
live
NX‑5512 · Notch1
WETLAB · PLATE 14/22
live
NX‑4108 · CDK7
QC · OPS REVIEWING
22m
WETLAB · LIVE
PLATE NX‑5512‑P14● 73% · ETA 18m
Built for regulated science
Audit-ready from day one.
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