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EvolutionaryScale
ESM3; acquired by CZ Biohub.
- Status
- acquired. The team joined the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in a strategic transaction announced 2025-11-06; co-founder Alex Rives became Biohub's head of science. The startup effectively ended.
- HQ
- New York
- Founded
- 2023
- Web
- evolutionaryscale.ai
- Camps
What it does
Built ESM3, a 98-billion-parameter protein language model, with a $142M seed led by Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross and Lux in 2024. Acquired by the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in November 2025.
Camp membership over time
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… – Nov 2025Physics AI and AI for scienceSources EvolutionaryScale, backed by Amazon and Nvidia, raises $142M for protein-generating AI TechCrunch 2024-06-25 · Chan Zuckerberg Biohub acquires EvolutionaryScale Genomely 2025-11-20
Capital
| Amount | Kind | Valuation | Date | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $142M | seed | Jun 2024 | Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Lux Capital, Amazon, NVentures | TechCrunch |
People
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General sources
EvolutionaryScale, backed by Amazon and Nvidia, raises $142M for protein-generating AI TechCrunch 2024-06-25 · EvolutionaryScale Team Joins Biohub in Strategic Transaction with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Gunderson Dettmer 2025-11-06