Phylo

Backed byMenlo Ventures
Total raised$13.5M
StageSeed
Hiring pace7 roles / 90d
Founded2025
Team size1-10
HQSouth San Francisco, California
IndustriesOther

About Phylo

Phylo is an applied research lab focused on building agentic intelligence to accelerate discovery for biomedical scientists. The company's mission is to transform how biomedical research is conducted by enabling AI agents to accelerate and systematize scientific progress. With a growing team of world-class researchers and engineers spanning AI and biology, Phylo is developing the next generation of AI systems tailored for the life sciences. The company has secured $13.5 million in seed funding led by a16z, with participation from Menlo Ventures and Anthropic, and is advised by a Nobel Prize laureate and pioneering biologists.

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South San Francisco · On-site · $200k–$250k/yr

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Company at a glance

Location
South San Francisco, United States
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz ·Conviction ·Menlo Ventures ·SV Angel ·Zetta Venture Partners
Websitephylo.bio
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Founders & Leadership

KH

Kexin Huang

Co-founder and CEO at Phylo; ex-Stanford CS PhD

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TS

Tianwei She

Building Biomni Lab at Phylo | Prev. Factory, Moveworks, Scale

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YQ

Yuanhao Qu

Co-founder & President at Phylo | ex-Stanford Cancer Bio PhD

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Software Engineering43%
  • Leadership43%
  • Business Operations14%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.Stanford University
  2. 2.Harvard University
  3. 3.Yale University
  4. 4.Columbia University
  5. 5.University of California, San Francisco

Team Worked At

  • Genentech
  • Pfizer
  • GSK
  • Scale AI
  • Flatiron Health

Team Composition

7 people
  • Engineering3
  • Entrepreneurship3 senior3

Funding History

SeedFeb 2026

$13.5M

raised

AI-native biology startup Phylo raised a $13.5M seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures’ Anthology Fund, with participation from Zetta Venture Partners, Conviction, SV Angel, and others.

Menlo VenturesAndreessen HorowitzZetta Venture PartnersSV AngelConviction

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