Menten AI vs Moderna
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SF YC W20 AI cyclic peptide drug discovery with Bristol Myers Squibb collaboration May 2024; $4.15M Khosla/Uncork/Feld-backed using ML+quantum computing for peptide optimization competing with Relay Therapeutics for pharma licensing.
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Menten AI is a San Francisco-based AI drug discovery company — backed by Y Combinator (W20) with $4.15 million in total funding from Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, Uncork Capital, Feld Ventures, Mana Ventures, Quain Investments, Society Health, and Volpini Ventures — developing peptide and protein therapeutics using machine learning and quantum computing to design novel cyclic peptide drug candidates for pharmaceutical licensing partnerships, completing a research collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb in May 2024. Founded in 2018, Menten AI applies advanced AI algorithms for cyclic peptide optimization and protein structure design with a business model centered on licensing proprietary algorithms and drug candidates to pharma partners rather than developing therapeutics through full clinical development.
mRNA pioneer with $3.2B FY2024 revenue (down from $18.4B 2022 COVID peak); mRESVIA RSV vaccine approved 2024; personalized cancer vaccine with Merck shows 44% recurrence reduction in melanoma.
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Moderna is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that pioneered the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, founded in 2010 by Noubar Afeyan, Robert Langer, Kenneth Chien, Stéphane Bancel, and others in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it is headquartered and trades on Nasdaq (MRNA). The company achieved extraordinary commercial success with Spikevax, its COVID-19 mRNA vaccine developed in partnership with the U.S. government in 2020—generating $18.4 billion in COVID vaccine revenues in 2022 at peak—before experiencing a severe revenue decline as global COVID booster demand normalized. For FY2024, Moderna generated approximately $3.2 billion in revenues, with Spikevax and the reformulated XBB.1.5-targeting COVID vaccine contributing the majority, while the company's significant R&D investment pipeline consumed most operating cash flows.
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