Isomorphic Labs

AI drug-design company spun out of Google DeepMind, applying AlphaFold-derived models across an end-to-end drug design engine.

Isomorphic Labs, founded in 2021 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, is an AI-first drug-design company spun out of Google DeepMind. It builds on DeepMind's AlphaFold structural-biology research to develop an end-to-end 'Drug Design Engine' spanning target understanding, molecular generation, and candidate optimization. It operates through pharma partnerships rather than selling a self-serve tool: a drug-design collaboration with Eli Lilly (announced with up to roughly $1.7B in potential milestones) and one with Novartis (roughly $1.2B, expanded in February 2025 to add three additional research programs). The company has raised a Series B and reports approximately $2.7 billion in total funding. No GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, or SOC 2 claim was documented on public pages at profiling time. It is a DeepMind-affiliated but independently operated company, distinct from Google's Gemini product line.

Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2021
Deployment options
cloud
Website
https://www.isomorphiclabs.com
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/company/isomorphic-labs

Categories

AI Use Cases

  • Hit Identification & Lead Optimization
  • Target Identification & Validation

Vendor Scorecard

79% — Complete coverage. Coverage score — how completely Atlas documents Isomorphic Labs across 7 buyer-evaluation areas. Reflects available Atlas data, not solution quality.

Compliance & Validation — Not documented by Atlas

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Deployment & Hosting — Documented

cloud

Pricing Transparency — Documented

Partnership / milestone based

Implementation & Onboarding — Documented

12+ months

Organization & Role Fit — Documented

Mid-Size Biotech, Large Pharma, Top 20 Pharma, Drug Discovery, R&D Leadership

Solution Scope — Documented

Molecular Generation, Protein Structure Prediction, Target Identification

Company Viability — Partially documented

Series B, Founded 2021

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Data Rights & IP

Who owns model outputs? Is our proprietary data used to train models others can access, and where does our data reside?

Model Credibility & Explainability

Can you share validation studies or benchmarks, explain how the model reaches its conclusions, and describe how bias and drift are monitored?

Questions to Ask This Vendor

  • What does a research partnership require from our internal target and chemistry data?
  • How are IP and data-exclusivity terms structured on jointly discovered compounds?
  • What has the Drug Design Engine demonstrated on target classes similar to ours?
  • What is the realistic timeline from engagement to a development candidate?