Evozyne vs Karius
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Evozyne applies generative AI and evolutionary principles to design novel therapeutic proteins; raised $144M total including $81M Series B led by Fidelity and OrbiMed with NVIDIA NVentures participation; 54 employees; Chicago-based.
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Evozyne is a Chicago-based biotechnology company founded in 2020 by Andrew Ferguson and Rama Ranganathan that uses generative AI to design novel, high-performance proteins for therapeutic and commercial applications. The company occupies a distinctive position at the frontier of AI-driven drug discovery: unlike companies that apply AI to screen existing molecule libraries or predict protein folding (like AlphaFold), Evozyne generates entirely new protein sequences from scratch using its proprietary understanding of evolutionary sequence-function relationships. These de novo proteins are designed with specific functional properties for therapeutic development or industrial applications.
Karius raised $409M total including a $100M Series C in May 2024; its genomic blood test detects 1,000+ pathogens at 400+ U.S. hospitals; launched Karius Focus BAL for pneumonia in April 2025.
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Karius is a Redwood City, CA-based life sciences company founded in 2014 that developed the Karius Test — a single blood draw that uses next-generation sequencing and AI to detect over 1,000 pathogens (bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites) in seriously ill patients. The test is used when conventional cultures and targeted diagnostics fail, providing clinicians at transplant centers, children''s hospitals, and ICUs with a comprehensive pathogen report within 24 hours.
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