Absci

Absci Corp. is the drug and target discovery company harnessing deep learning AI and synthetic biology to expand the therapeutic potential of proteins. The company is headquartered in Vancouver Washington, Washington and currently employs 140 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2021-07-22. Its Integrated Drug Creation platform combines artificial intelligence (AI) models with a synthetic biology data engine, enabling the design of therapeutics that address challenging therapeutic targets. Its approach leverages a continuous feedback loop between advanced AI algorithms and wet lab validation. Alongside collaborations with pharmaceutical, biotech, tech, and academic companies, the Company is advancing its own pipeline of AI- designed therapeutics. These include ABS-101, an antibody to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), as well as other indications, and ABS-201, for hair regrowth with the potential to redefine treatment possibilities for androgenetic alopecia, commonly known as male and female pattern baldness. The company has four wholly owned, internally developed programs focusing on cytokine biology. Its other pipeline programs include ABS-301 and ABS-501.