Valthos

Valthos builds next-generation biodefense.

Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against them: more powerful methods to design biological systems, with near-universal access, open up an increasing surface area of threats.

In this new world, the only way forward is to be faster. So we set out to build the tech stack for biodefense. Our team of computational biologists and software engineers applies frontier AI to identify biological threats and update medical countermeasures in real-time.

We are backed by $30M from @OpenAI, @Lux_Capital, @foundersfund and others including @Definition_Cap. We are actively hiring engineers to join in the mission - if that sounds like you, get in touch.

In the last few weeks, awareness of the gap between AI risks and biological defense has grown significantly, but there has been less discussion of how to close it.

Closing that gap requires building a new technical stack for biodefense. We wanted to start breaking down that stack into concrete engineering problems - and outline what capabilities can solve them.

Read our capability overview here (valthos.com/brief/building…)

Valthos has been named to @Forbes' Next Billion-Dollar Startups list.

We were founded to bring together the best in engineering, computational biology, and AI talent to strengthen biodefense systems, ahead of a rapidly changing threat landscape.

We’re hiring across all roles - come join us on one of the most timely missions in AI.

Link to full article: forbes.com/sites/richardn…

Members of our technical team will be at @icmlconf in Seoul from July 6-11! We are excited to meet ML Research Engineers, ML Researchers, and Computational Biologists who are interested in developing frontier AI systems for biodefense.

If you'll be at ICML and want to chat, please fill out the form here: lnkd.in/eSZg3GBh

Advancing biological resilience requires partnering with people on the frontlines of both policy and technology.

At Valthos, we are thrilled to continue working with OpenAI to shorten the time from threat detection to medical countermeasure response.