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Recursion

AI-enabled drug discovery and development company

Recursion is an AI drug discovery and development company based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its site describes an AI-enabled product engine that combines automated wet and dry labs with machine learning models in a lab-in-the-loop system. Listed capabilities include disease-specific cellular engineering, high-dimensional biology, foundation models powered by supercompute, integrated design-make-test-learn cycles and AI-native clinical development. The company publishes a pipeline of investigational candidates, such as REC-4881 for familial adenomatous polyposis, in Phase 1/2 trials, and reports over $500M in partner inflows. The platform is used internally and with pharma partners.

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Healthcare & Wellness
Pricing
Paid
Platforms
Not listed
Last updated
November 10, 2026

What Recursion does

  • Lab-in-the-loop engine. Combines automated wet and dry labs with machine learning models.
  • Foundation models. Supercompute-powered models trained on biological data.
  • Design-make-test-learn cycles. Integrated cycles for iterating on drug candidates.
  • AI-native clinical development. Applies AI across trial stages for its pipeline candidates.

Who it’s for

  • Pharma companies seeking AI-driven discovery partnerships
  • Readers following AI-developed drug candidates

Recursion pricing

No public pricing; platform used internally and with partners

As listed on November 9, 2026. Check recursion.com for current prices.

Things to know

  • Platform is used internally and with pharma partners, not sold as self-serve software
  • Pipeline candidates are investigational, in clinical trials or preclinical development

Quick answers

What is Recursion?
Recursion is an AI drug discovery and development company based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Is Recursion free?
No. Recursion has no permanent free plan. Pricing is quoted by the vendor. (As listed on November 9, 2026.)
Who makes Recursion?
Recursion is made by Recursion.
What are some alternatives to Recursion?
Other tools filed in the same section include Ada Health, Wysa and Viz.ai.

Tags

#drug-discovery#machine-learning#automated-labs#foundation-models#clinical-development

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