Overview
Terraferma's high-titer platform bridges the gap between computational protein design and commercial production, combining AI/ML-guided strain engineering with ultra-high-throughput genetic screens to make more proteins faster, at lower economic and environmental cost.
Founders & team
Previously Terraferma Foods, Ten Lives
Vicki Mo
FounderVicki has experience ranging from finetuning SOTA machine learning models to shipping both digital and physical products. In 2015, she was the USA and French Div 1 National Champion in the sport of epee fencing. Vicki received her MS in Computer Science - Machine Learning from Columbia University.
Ruby Yu
FounderRuby has spent the past decade investigating gene expression in organisms ranging from yeast to humans, and she is an industry-leading expert on high-throughput genetic screens for machine learning. She received both her BA and her PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University.
Her extra-laboratorial activities include circus arts, climbing, and cat-sitting.
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Y Combinator
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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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