Anthrogen is an AI research lab building 'the network behind biological intelligence' — a computational and experimental stack for biologics discovery and development. Their flagship product, Odyssey,
Anthrogen is an AI research lab building 'the network behind biological intelligence' — a computational and experimental stack for biologics discovery and development. Their flagship product, Odyssey, is a family of multimodal protein language models (1.2B to 102B parameters) that fuses protein sequence, 3D structure, and functional context to generate and edit novel proteins on demand. The company also runs a wet-lab pipeline using CRISPR-engineered photosynthetic bacteria and AI-designed enzymatic cascades to produce carbon-negative chemicals, polymers, and fuels from atmospheric CO₂. Originally founded as Arctic Capture in 2023, the company rebranded to Anthrogen in 2024 and participated in Y Combinator's S24 batch.
Total raised
$4.5M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Shyam Venkatasubramanian
Joined Anthrogen in May 2025; ML focus. Prior ML researcher before joining Anthrogen.
LinkedInAnkit Singhal
Science Research Fellow and Named Scholar at Columbia University (reserved for top ~10 STEM research students per class). Has worked in wet and computational labs focusing on catalysis, structural biology, and biophysics. Published first-author papers as early as high school and led national teams at international science competitions. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2025) in the Energy & Green Tech category. Co-founded Arctic Capture, which rebranded to Anthrogen.
LinkedInDiya Tekriwal
Joined January 2025 in an intern/analyst role focused on go-to-market.
Connor Lee
Dropped out of Columbia University as a sophomore to build Anthrogen. Was the youngest-ever president of Columbia Robotics and a researcher in Columbia's ROAM Lab. Has over a decade of robotics experience, placing 3rd internationally at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and top 5 globally for MATE ROV. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 (2025). Co-founded Yucca Earth with Vignesh Karthik, which was acquired by Arctic Capture/Anthrogen.
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Vignesh Karthik
Columbia Engineering student (Applied Math + AI) who conducted machine learning and geology research at the Naval Research Laboratory and Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory on ocean sediment behavior. Focused at Anthrogen on facility automation, optimization, scaling bacterial cultures, and environmental conditions for maximum growth. His X/Twitter bio notes 'Prev Co-Founder of @anthrogenbio (YC S24)', suggesting a possible departure, though unconfirmed by the company. YC page lists only Ankit Singhal and Connor Lee as active founders.
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