Biotech · San Francisco, California

mithrl

Mithrl is an AI Co-Scientist platform that accelerates drug discovery for pharmaceutical companies, enabling new medicines to reach patients in months instead of years. Founded by former NVIDIA engineers, the San Francisco-based company serves major industry players and achieved 12x revenue growth in its first year.

Backed by Bonfire Ventures

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Location
San Francisco
3 roles
Team size
11-50
Founded 2023
Total raised
$24M
Series A · last round Sep '26
Salary range
$180–500k
+ equity · all 3 roles
Visa
Visa sponsorship
2 of 3 roles

Open positions · 3

About mithrl

Mithrl is an AI Co-Scientist platform designed to accelerate drug discovery for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, with the mission of bringing new medicines to patients in months instead of years. Founded by two software engineers with backgrounds at NVIDIA and biocomputational expertise, the San Francisco-based company has rapidly gained traction with leading industry players including Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Eli Lilly, and AstraZeneca across North America, Europe, and Australia. In its first year live, Mithrl achieved 12x year-over-year revenue growth, reaching $2M and contributing to six new drug intellectual properties, with the company on track to surpass $10M in revenue this year. The platform operates on a usage-based pricing model serving enterprise customers, and Mithrl recently closed a Series A funding round led by Obvious Ventures to fuel its expansion from approximately 25 employees today to 60-70 within the next year.

Culture & values

Tight-knit, talent-dense, in-person team in San Francisco

Values curiosity, consistency, clarity, and focused daily execution

Ships quickly, about twice a week, and keeps improving based on real feedback from users

In-person culture with five days a week in office, with flexibility for those who need it

Plenty of laughter, frequent product discussions, and team offsites

Not a 996 culture - values sustainable, focused work over clocking hours

Engineers can lean toward customer-facing product work, backend and infrastructure at scale, or ML and knowledge graph systems

Clear direction from founders about what needs to be built over the next two years

High-energy culture

Curiosity is celebrated - people who ask endless questions about the product and enjoy learning a new field do well here

Real paths to tech lead and management roles as engineering team grows

CEO is closely involved in building the product and hiring

Funding

$24Mtotal raised

Nov '24Sep '26
  • Sep 2026 · Series A
    $20M
  • Nov 2024 · Seed
    $4M
  • Bonfire Ventures

Company at a glance

Founded2023
Location
San Francisco, United States
Websitemithrl.com
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The team at mithrl

11-50 peopleSee everyone on LinkedIn

Shara Balakrishnan

Co-founder & CTO, AviAI Inc. | IIT-Madras

DH

Dennis Houghton

Co-Founder

Rupert Yip

Marketing and Product Management Leader/Advisor

Answol Hu

Director of Engineering

Aqib Hasnain

Lead Scientist at Mithrl

Team breakdown

Team Distribution

  • Engineering33%
  • Sales & Business Development29%
  • Product & Design24%
  • Leadership5%
  • Operations5%

Team Worked At

  • Illumina
  • QIAGEN
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Pfizer
  • Merck

Location

Team Composition

18 people
  • Engineering and Technical2 senior6
  • Marketing4
  • Design2
  • General Management2 senior2
  • Administrative1
  • Product1
  • Research1 senior1

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Of 3 open roles, mithrl has 3 on-site positions.

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