20n

Candidature YC de 20n

Winter 2015Inactive

20n a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2015 en tant qu'entreprise Healthcare. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC
Winter 2015
Secteur d'activité
HealthcareIndustrial Bio
Taille de l'équipe
2
Statut
Inactive
Lancé
2014

Fondateurs

  • Saurabh Srivastava
    Saurabh SrivastavaFounder/CEO
  • Chris Anderson
    Chris AndersonFounder/CSO

Ce que fait 20n

The next decade is going to see a biotech revolution fueled by three technologies: ability to read DNA (sequencing), ability to write DNA (synthesis), and computational systems that predict what DNA to read and write. With sequencing and synthesis being mainstream now [1], 20n provides the computational systems that predict DNA design for novel industrial biotech and health applications. At 20n, we are taking a fresh look at turning biological data into information. We approach it as a big data learning problem, and bring to bear techniques from machine learning, distributed systems, AI planning, program synthesis, data mining, and natural language processing. With the support of DARPA [2], we are building a team of computer scientists, and bioengineers to look at biology in fundamentally new ways. Our current customers include industrial biotech firms that are leading the charge in transitioning us from traditional unsustainable means of manufacturing to sustainable biological processes leading to advanced fuels, materials, therapeutics, and flavors and fragrances. 20n’s technology helps them enter markets previously thought inaccessible for biology. [1] Sequencing DNA costs $4k/genome ( and is expected to go down to $1k/genome. Synthesizing DNA is at 20cents/bp, and is expected to go down to 0.1cents/bp. [2] DARPA in the past supported work that led to the internet, stealth planes, GPS, and even Douglas Engelbart’s mother-of-all-demos.

Candidature YC de 20n, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

20n, promotion Winter 2015. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

20n

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Using AI to predict biochemistry for manufacturing

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We are building computational systems that use AI and machine learning to predict DNA designs for industrial biotech and therapeutics. Our product helps industrial biotech firms design biological systems that can produce fuels, materials, flavors, and medicines that were previously inaccessible by traditional methods.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA, and would base the company here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has the technical talent and biotech ecosystem we need to grow. It keeps us close to early industrial biotech customers and partners.

21 réponses supplémentaires dans la candidature complète

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de 20n ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de 20n (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme 20n se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC 20n appartenait-il ?

20n faisait partie du batch Winter 2015 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé 20n ?

20n a été fondé par Saurabh Srivastava, Chris Anderson.

Que fait 20n ?

Using AI to predict biochemistry for manufacturing and therapeutics

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

Créez un compte Round Funded gratuit. La version complète de la candidature de 20n en 26 réponses, et de chaque autre promotion YC, se trouve dans YC Insights.

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