Phylo
AI for Science
3open roles
$300kmedian advertised pay
$13.5Mlatest round · Seed · Feb 2026 · 9 mo ago
2backers · Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures
Overview
Phylo is an applied research lab dedicated to studying agentic intelligence to accelerate discoveries for every biomedical scientist.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$13.5M
1 round on record
Latest round
$13.5M
Seed · Feb 2026 · 9 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
+1 posted in 30 days
Backers
2
Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
9 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
27/100
hiring for its size, fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 3
Raised a round Seed $13.5M · SiliconANGLE
May 2024
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Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
1
best: 2 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Feb 2026 | $13.5M | — | SiliconANGLE |
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$300k
Typical range
$205k – $300k
Open positions
5
3
Jobs
Staff
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 3 | $300k | $275k – $300k |
Highest paying role
Enterprise Account Executive
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Phylo
By role, level and city, against the market · 5 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
1
H-1B filings in 12 months
$253k
Median offered salary
5
Open roles in United States
Who they sponsor
Software developers
1
In the register as Phylo, Inc., San Mateo, CA
Other sponsors in the same field
Lila Sciences 
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub 
PhysicsX 
Periodic Labs
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Sep 18, 2025 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
51/100
Stable
Open positions
6
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
137 days
faster than 8% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
33% ▼
HR
33% ▼
Marketing
33% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added CDISC to stack
Oct 2026
Added Antibody Engineering to stack
Oct 2026
Added DNS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$13.5M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2026 | $13.5M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Phylo over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
32
Postings analysed
11
Stack modernity
75/100AI adopter
Languages
Go9%
Python9%
Rust9%
TypeScript9%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js9%
Cloud & platforms
Anthropic91%
Kubernetes27%
AWS18%
Azure18%
AI & ML
LLM18%
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32 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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News
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Phylo: $13.5 Million Seed Funding Raised And Biomni Lab Launched
Phylo announced it has launched Biomni Lab, a new integrated workspace designed to help scientists plan, author, execute, and collaborate on complex biological research tasks using agentic AI. Alongside the product launch, the company announced a $13.5 mi
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AI startup Phylo nabs $13.5M for its 'integrated biology environment'
AI startup Phylo nabs $13.5M for its 'integrated biology environment' - SiliconANGLE
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Gamers and Genomics
An online game called Phylo taps the brainpower of thousands of players to solve complex problems in genetics.
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Phylo: Turning Biology Puzzles Into Interactive Games KQED
People often think of medicine as hard work, but an emerging group of tech-savvy entrepreneurs is looking to re-shape people's perspectives and turn health, and health research, into a form of play.
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Phylo - an alignment game
I've been playing some Phylo while snowed in during this weekend. This nifty game, developed by a group at McGill University in Canada, reminds me a lot of FoldIt, which I've mentioned …
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
South San Francisco
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South San Francisco
United States
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6 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff $276k Avg Salary
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2 open roles 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $300k Avg Salary
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