Persist AI

Winter 2023 · Active

Developing long-lasting drug formulations 50% faster

Location: Woodland, CA, US

Founded: 2022

Team size: 6

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About

It takes 5 years for pharma to develop long lasting drug injections for chronic diseases like cancer and diabetes. Persist uses AI-driven automation to reduce formulation development time down to 2 years, a ~50% reduction.

Founders

Karthik RamanFounder
When mom got brain cancer, I used to take her for her "infusions". For 4 hours, we would sit there while drug was being infused into her veins and she had horrible nausea and hair loss. I built Persist to eradicate this horrible experience for future patients. We package drugs so that patients take 1 injection per month or year, without an infusion. This lowers the overall dose the patient receives (reducing side-effects), improves compliance, and quality of life.
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Christopher ShelnerFounder
Career program manager, first time founder. Focus has been in electronics, automation, and manufacturing. Super excited to be part of the YC batch!
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