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Bioptimus
Building the first universal AI foundation model for biology
Paris, France
40+
About Bioptimus
Industry:
AI Foundation Models for Biology
Founded:
2024
Founders:
Jean-Philippe Vert, Rodolphe Jenatton, Zelda Mariet, Felipe Llinares-Lopez, Eric Durand
Status:
Private
Funding & Growth
Total Raised:
$76M
Stage:
Series A
Key Investors:
Sofinnova Partners
Bpifrance
Cathay Innovation
Owkin
✓ Pros
- • Founding team from Owkin, DeepMind and Google Brain
- • Well-funded ($76M) for its stage
- • Open-source foundation models (H-optimus)
- • 60%+ of the team hold PhDs
✗ Cons
- • Very early stage (founded 2024)
- • Research-heavy; products still maturing
- • Small team (~40)
🧬 Bioinformatics Focus
Bioptimus trains large foundation models that learn across biological scales — from molecules and cells to tissues and whole organisms.
Its H-optimus model, trained on hundreds of thousands of histopathology slides, is among the largest open-source pathology models; M-optimus extends this to a multimodal model integrating pathology, spatial transcriptomics and genomics.
Founded in 2024 by a team from Owkin, Google DeepMind and Google Brain, and headquartered in Paris.