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Phylo

The integrated biology environment — an IDE for biologists

Founded2025
HQSouth San Francisco, CA
StagePlatform
Total Funding$13.5M
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Overview

Phylo builds Biomni Lab, an integrated biology environment (IBE) that serves as a ChatGPT-like agentic AI interface for biological research. The platform integrates 82 biology tools, 68 databases, and 100+ software packages, allowing researchers to plan, execute, and collaborate on complex research tasks through natural language. Founded by Stanford PhD graduates and backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures' Anthology Fund (created in partnership with Anthropic), Phylo has been adopted by over 4,300 organizations including 18 of the top 20 pharma companies.

Focus areas

Platform

Key models

Biomni Lab


Funding

$13.5M

Total raised

Seed2026-02

$13.5M

Led by Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures

Notable investors

Andreessen Horowitz · Menlo Ventures Anthology Fund


Technology

Biomni Lab is an agentic AI interface that integrates dozens of biology tools and databases into a unified environment. Researchers use natural language to orchestrate complex multi-step workflows — from protein analysis to molecular simulation — with automatic data migration between tools and built-in hallucination detection.

Platforms & Tools
Biomni LabAgentic biology AI

Leadership

Kexin Huang

CEO & Co-Founder

Stanford PhD, AI for biology

Yuanhao Qu

Co-Founder

Stanford PhD, computational biology


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