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computational biology and chemistry software

Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.

healthcare · 86 members · Data as of 2026-10-14

Products in computational biology and chemistry software provide simulation, modeling, and deep learning tools to analyze molecular structures, design proteins, and accelerate therapeutic discovery. They are primarily built for biotech researchers, pharmaceutical scientists, and computational chemists seeking to predict biochemical behavior in silico. Unlike broad bioinformatics utilities or clinical data systems, this niche concentrates specifically on atomic-scale physics, structural biology, and molecular modeling.

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Name Source Upvotes β–Ό Launched
Strand AI - The Data Layer for Biology. YC 605 2026-02-25
uplifting-biomolecular-modeling GITHUB 263 2026-09-17
alphaprotein-novo GITHUB 197 2026-10-05
Gamgee: Personalised mRNA cancer vaccines for dogs YC 185 2026-08-11
Ditto Bio – Evolutionary therapies for autoimmune disease YC 161 2026-02-06
AlphaGenome Atlas PH 147 2026-09-09
Phage Explorer HN 127 2026-01-31
RonanRX: We use AI to personalize peptides to your biology YC 65 2026-07-24
Loci PH 60 2026-09-18
CodaBridge PH 60 2026-09-18
Differentiable Quantum Chemistry HN 52 2026-01-17
ProtonPottsMPNN GITHUB 47 2026-09-30
fly-connectome-template GITHUB 45 2026-09-12
compensated-magnet-ledger GITHUB 44 2026-10-04
FinalDose: The first programmable drug to cure all cancers YC 37 2026-05-12
GALATEA GITHUB 35 2026-09-09
Anto Biosciences: A Foundation Model for Microbial Communities YC 32 2025-11-07
synon-biomed GITHUB 32 2026-09-17
Matforge - AI Scientists to discover new semiconductor materials YC 25 2026-04-21
CellType: The Agentic Drug Company YC 25 2026-02-17
Enjamb - The AI Workforce for Biopharma YC 20 2026-05-28
flashalign GITHUB 20 2026-09-26
PIMFP2 GITHUB 20 2026-10-04
fly-effect GITHUB 20 2026-09-09
oxtalign GITHUB 19 2026-09-18
10x Science: Unlocking the future of drug development πŸ”‘πŸ§¬ YC 19 2026-02-12
genomics_book GITHUB 19 2026-10-10
AbInitio Bio - Frontier foundation models for biomanufacturing YC 19 2026-05-22
🍼 πŸ‘Ά Brown Foods: β€˜Real’ Human Milk without any breast feeding!πŸ₯› YC 19 2026-03-19
SpliceAI2 GITHUB 19 2026-10-07
picofold GITHUB 19 2026-10-05
Origin - Safer Cell & Gene Therapies with AI YC 18 2026-02-04
I made an open-source Rust program for memory-efficient genomics HN 17 2025-11-13
83 Sciences: Materials discovery from the ~90% of experimental data that never gets published YC 16 2026-08-03
Fly.exe GITHUB 16 2026-09-12
synthidbio GITHUB 16 2026-09-29
LQI GITHUB 16 2026-10-06
Molagri: Resistance-free pesticides πŸͺ² YC 15 2026-08-03
Text2WetLab GITHUB 13 2026-10-03
Trifuse-DTI-pd1-prioritization GITHUB 13 2026-10-12
wetware GITHUB 13 2026-09-12
WonderTx: Extrapolative AI to Unlock First-in-Class Drugs YC 13 2026-08-24
TareBio: Vaccines for any cancer or infection in weeks YC 12 2026-08-04
CUDA, Shmuda: Fold Proteins on a MacBook HN 11 2025-11-17
Nanograb: Deliver mRNA to any cell with AI YC 10 2026-09-17
qm-atlas GITHUB 10 2026-09-14
ExtremaRank GITHUB 10 2026-10-03
lddm GITHUB 10 2026-09-15
claude-binder-lane GITHUB 9 2026-09-29
packflow GITHUB 9 2026-09-12