Biotech pharma

Artos

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Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Artos is an AI-based document-drafting platform that helps life sciences companies turn their data into critical documents in minutes. These submissions currently take months and are the final hurdle before life sciences companies are allowed to sell their product.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Talos

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Josh Kim

Founder/CEO

Josh is co-founder and CEO of Artos. Josh previously led translational AI initiatives at the University of Chicago Medicine, where he developed best-in-class AI tools for use cases ranging from clinical trial endpoint analysis to medical devices for real-time symptom management. Prior to that, Josh worked on commercial and regulatory strategy at several biotech companies. Josh has a degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Varun Patel

Founder/CTO

Varun is a co-founder and CTO at Artos. He studied Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago and has a Masters in Translational Medicine from UCSF/UC Berkeley. He previously worked as a Software Engineer in the healthcare/medtech space, where he developed ML enabled mobile applications for dementia caregivers and improved insurance infrastructure at the largest healthcare company in the world. In his free time, you can find him biking, hiking, or climbing something.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
7team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2023 · Source

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Y Combinator

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Not assessed · 4 of 6 areas documented

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