Variational AI
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Total raised
$10.5M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$5.5M
Venture round · Feb 2025 · 19 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
1
open roles
The money's age
Due for its next round
19 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
15/100
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Apr 7
Launched Variational AI releases Enki 4: Major update to foundation model for small- molecule drug discovery · variational.ai
Feb 26, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $5.5M · Pulse 2.0
Nov 17, 2021
Raised a round Seed $5M · led by Flying Fish Ventures · Nasdaq
2019
Founded
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Feb 2025 | $5.5M | — | Pulse 2.0 |
| Seed | Nov 2021 | $5M | Flying Fish Ventures lead, Alliance of Angels lead, A&E Investments lead, Lip-Bu Tan, Amarjit Gill | Nasdaq |
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Variational AI at Invest in BC 2026
Variational AI will take part in Invest in BC 2026, the 11th annual conference presented by Lumira Ventures and hosted by Life Sciences BC, on November 3 and 4, 2026 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West. Invest in BC anchors Life Sciences Investment We
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Variational AI at BIX 2026 in Seoul
Variational AI will participate in BIOPLUS-INTERPHEX KOREA 2026 (BIX 2026), taking place October 28 to 30, 2026 at COEX in Seoul, South Korea. Hosted by KoreaBIO and organized by RX Korea, BIX is Korea's principal biopharmaceutical exhibition and conventi
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Handol Kim to Deliver Keynote at BioAlberta's Health and Life Sciences Showcase
Variational AI will take part in BioAlberta's annual Health and Life Sciences Showcase (HLSS), taking place September 24, 2026 at the Calgary Airport Marriott In-Terminal Hotel. HLSS is BioAlberta's flagship gathering for the province's life sciences comm
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Variational AI at BIONATION 2026
Variational AI will take part in BIONATION 2026, hosted by BIOTECanada at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on September 22, 2026. BIONATION is where Canada's biotechnology and life sciences leaders meet policymakers, elected officials, investors, and ec
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Variational AI at ALL IN 2026
Variational AI will participate in ALL IN 2026, Canada's largest artificial intelligence conference, taking place September 16 and 17, 2026 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The event brings together more than 6,500 decision-makers, researchers, foun
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Variational AI featured in AWS's "Canada's AI Innovators" series
AWS has named Variational AI one of nine companies in its Canada's AI Innovators series - a spotlight on Canadian organisations using artificial intelligence to solve some of society's hardest problems, from wildfire detection to microplastic pollution to
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Variational AI at VivaTech 2026
Variational AI will be at VivaTech 2026, taking place June 17-20 in Paris, France, as part of the Canadian delegation led by SCALE AI.VivaTech is Europe's largest technology event, bringing together more than 180,000 participants from over 170 countries.
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Variational AI at the BC Tech Annual Member Summit
We're pleased to share that Variational AI will be taking part in the BC Tech Annual Member Summit on June 10, 2026 at the Terminal City Club in Vancouver, BC.The summit brings together leaders from across British Columbia's technology sector for a series
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3C Therapeutics and Variational AI Launch Generative AI Collaboration to Design Next-Generation Degrader Antibody Conjugates, Supported by Innovate BC
Vancouver-based 3C Therapeutics to apply Variational AI's Enki platform to ligand design for proprietary TriCore DAC platform under Innovate BC's Integrated Marketplace program Vancouver, Canada - May 13, 2026 - 3C Therapeutics Inc. ("3C") and Variational
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Variational AI at WebSummit Vancouver 2026
Variational AI is joining Web Summit Vancouver 2026, one of the world's premier technology conferences, bringing together over 20,000 attendees, investors, and innovators from across the globe, right here in Vancouver. Handol Kim, Co-Founder and Chief Exe
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Variational AI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
Python
SQL
Frameworks & libraries
Matplotlib
PyTorch
Seaborn
Transformers
Practices & domains
Machine Learning
Diffusion Models
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
45/100
Stable
Open positions
1
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
199 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.
Data Science
100% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Vancouver
Canada
HQ
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10-50 est. staff
Jobs
Hybrid • Full-Time • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
Python
SQL
Machine Learning
Analytics
Seaborn
Matplotlib
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