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"Drug discovery" Startups in San Francisco

Every active San Francisco startup we index that carries the "Drug discovery" tag.

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Last updated
2026-09-02
Hiring right now 0% 0 of 14
Open roles 0
City San Francisco

About "Drug discovery" startups in San Francisco

Our index currently lists 14 tech startups in San Francisco tagged "Drug discovery" — a city×tag slice of the live directory, not every "Drug discovery" company nationwide and not every San Francisco startup regardless of tag. 0% of this slice is hiring right now (0 of 14). Apply links on each profile go to the company's own site; we don't act as a middleman. "Drug discovery" startups in San Francisco include Abalone Bio, Alixia, Altay Therapeutics, Ångström AI, and Anto Biosciences. Categories represented here: Healthcare. YC batches in this slice: W20, W22, W15, and W24, among others. Widen the view anytime: all San Francisco startups at /startups/location/san-francisco, or every "Drug discovery" company nationwide at /startups/tag/drug-discovery.

Abalone Bio
Abalone Bio
We create activating antibodies to treat diseases others can’t.
Machine LearningSynthetic BiologyTherapeutics
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Team 14
Founded 2020
Alixia
Alixia
Targeting the Tumor Ecosystem to address cancer drug resistance.
BiotechTherapeuticsDrug discovery
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Team 2
Founded 2022
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Altay Therapeutics
Altay develops disease-modifying therapies targeting transcription…
AI-powered Drug DiscoveryBiotechTherapeutics
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Team 6
Founded 2020
Ångström AI
Ångström AI
Gen AI molecular simulations that reproduce wetlab results
AI-powered Drug DiscoveryArtificial IntelligenceBiotech
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Team 5
Founded 2024
Anto Biosciences
Anto Biosciences
A Foundation Model for Microbial Communities.
Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIBiotech
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Team 4
Founded 2025
Atlas Discovery
Atlas Discovery
AI-native pharma company
AI-powered Drug DiscoveryDrug discoveryBiotechnology
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Team 3
Founded 2026
Engage Bio
Engage Bio
Potent, durable, and redosable non-viral genetic medicines
Synthetic BiologyBiotechHealthcare
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Team 10
Founded 2022
GL
GEn1E Lifesciences
AI platform accelerating therapies for rare & inflammatory diseases.
Artificial IntelligenceBiotechHealthcare
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Team —
Founded 2022
General Proximity
General Proximity
The next generation of induced-proximity medicines.
BiotechDrug discovery
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Team 15
Founded 2024
Notable Labs
Notable Labs
Personalized drug discovery for blood cancer.
BiotechDrug discoveryOncology
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Team 40
Founded 2014
Numerion Labs
Numerion Labs
Artificial intelligence for drug discovery.
AI-powered Drug DiscoveryDeep LearningBiotech
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Team 67
Founded 2014
ParcelBio
ParcelBio
Elevated mRNA for transformative medicines.
Gene TherapySynthetic BiologyBiotech
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Team 6
Founded 2024
Synvivia
Synvivia
Synvivia applies chemical control over cell behavior
Artificial IntelligenceSynthetic BiologyBiotech
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Team 4
Founded 2023
Velorum Therapeutics
Velorum Therapeutics
Breakthrough medicines unlocking the biology of heme
BiotechHealthcareTherapeutics
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Team 5
Founded 2024
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Frequently asked questions

How many "Drug discovery" startups are in San Francisco?

Our index currently tracks 14 active tech startups in San Francisco tagged "Drug discovery". Counts move as scrapers discover new companies and flag shutdowns inactive.

Which "Drug discovery" startups are based in San Francisco?

Companies on this page include Abalone Bio, Alixia, and Altay Therapeutics, plus 11 more below. Each profile links to the company's site and any open roles we scrape.

How is this different from the San Francisco startups page or the "Drug discovery" tag page?

/startups/location/san-francisco lists every indexed startup in San Francisco across tags. /startups/tag/drug-discovery lists every "Drug discovery" startup nationwide. This page is the intersection — only companies that resolve to both San Francisco and "Drug discovery".

Are these San Francisco "Drug discovery" startups hiring?

0 of the 14 companies on this page currently have open roles in our jobs index.

How often is this list updated?

Automated scrapers refresh on the same daily cadence as the rest of the directory. The last index update was 2026-09-02.