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Diffuse Bio

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Diffuse is building generative AI for protein design. Our mission is to build AI systems that engineer new and useful proteins with unprecedented control and accuracy. Our team has been behind breakthroughs in AI protein design for the past 7 years, including the first experimental validation of AI-generated proteins and diffusion models for protei

Founded 2022Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Diffuse is building generative AI for protein design. Our mission is to build AI systems that engineer new and useful proteins with unprecedented control and accuracy. Our team has been behind breakthroughs in AI protein design for the past 7 years, including the first experimental validation of AI-generated proteins and diffusion models for protein structure and sequence.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Namrata Anand

Founder

I’m a bioengineer / computer scientist who’s worked on problems at the intersection of machine learning and biology. For the past several years, I’ve been working on re-envisioning the computational protein design toolkit with AI. Some highlights are the first crystal structures of AI-designed proteins and diffusion models for protein structure generation.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
10team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2022 · Source

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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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