Stanford-Spinout Radical Numerics Raises $50M, Launches Proprietary AI Model to Decode Human DNA

Stanford-spinout Radical Numerics emerges from stealth with $50M in seed funding and launches Omnii, a proprietary genome language model built to decode the 'grammar' of human DNA, as its earlier open-source models have already designed novel CRISPR systems and produced the first complete AI-designed bacteriophage genome.

• Radical Numerics, a Stanford-spinout AI research lab, emerges from stealth with $50 million in seed funding and launches Omnii, a proprietary genome language model designed to help researchers decode the largely misunderstood 'grammar' of human DNA.
• The startup's earlier open-source models, Evo and Evo 2, are already capable of reading and writing DNA at scale, having been used to design novel CRISPR systems and produce the first complete AI-designed bacteriophage genome.
• Amid growing bioweapon concerns, Radical Numerics is shifting toward controlled access by keeping Omnii proprietary, joining a broader AI-in-bioscience movement alongside OpenAI's GPT-Rosalind and Anthropic's Claude for Life Sciences.