Genetic Engineering Startups funded by Y Combinator (YC) 2026
May 2026
Browse 2 of the top Genetic Engineering startups funded by Y Combinator.
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FinalDoseActive • 5 employees • LondonP2026FinalDose is building the first programmable drug - a single smart drug molecule that you can insert any diseased genetic code and it can search and destroy cells upon DNA recognition. Unlocking 80% of undruggable targets today. Starting with all cancers.artificial-intelligencegene-therapytherapeuticsgenetic-engineering
Ohmic BiosciencesActive • 2 employees • San FranciscoS2023Pests and pathogens cost the world hundreds of billions of dollars every year. Existing technologies like agrochemicals are no longer working. Ohmic Biosciences uses protein engineering to design resistance genes for crops that are robust to pathogen evolution.synthetic-biologybiotechclimateagriculturegenetic-engineering