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EvolutionaryScale
Graduated neolabAI research lab and public benefit company building protein language models (ESM3, ESM Cambrian) for the life sciences
Raised, confirmed$142M1 confirmed round
Valuation, confirmed—none disclosed
Valuation, reported—no open report
Founded2023New York, NY, US
Key facts
| Field | Value | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|
| Classification | Graduated neolabProtein-model research lab founded in 2023 by former Meta researchers; $142M seed (Jun 2024); team joined Biohub in November 2025 and the company site states it is now part of Biohub | |
| Founded | 2023 | fortune.com In August 2023, as part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency” that led to over 20,000 layoffs, Meta disbanded a research teamchecked 9 Nov 2026 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, USOffices in New York and San Francisco at the 2024 launch. | fortune.comchecked 9 Nov 2026 |
| Founders | Alexander Rives | |
| Website | evolutionaryscale.ai |
Funding rounds
EvolutionaryScale has raised $142M in rounds confirmed by the company, a regulator or two independent outlets. Status rules: methodology.
| Date | Round | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Status | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 2024 | Seed | $142M | — | Lead: Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Lux Capital; Amazon, NVIDIA (NVentures) | Confirmed | Fortune EvolutionaryScale, based in New York and San Francisco, announced it has raised over $142 million in seed funding, led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, and Lux Capital+1 more sourcechecked 9 Nov 2026 |
Notes on these rounds
- 25 Jun 2024 Seed: Announced together with the ESM3 model. Amount is 'more than $142 million'. Valuation not disclosed.
People
| Name | Role | Before | Now | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander RivesLinkedIn | Co-founder & Chief Scientist | Meta (Led the AI protein team) | Left |
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What it has shipped
| Name | Kind | Date | Open weights | Source · checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESM Cambrian (ESM C) | model | 4 Dec 2024 | Yes | evolutionaryscale.ai We’re releasing ESM C 300M, 600M and 6B as open weight models, available on Hugging Face.checked 9 Nov 2026 |
| ESM3 | model | 25 Jun 2024 | Yes | evolutionaryscale.ai releasing the weights and code for an ESM3 1.4B open model under MIT licensechecked 9 Nov 2026 |
Commonly cited, checked
Figures and statements about EvolutionaryScale that circulate in lists and summaries, and what the sources support.
| Claim | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Independent protein-model lab (one list says merged) | Biohub announced on 6 Nov 2025 that the EvolutionaryScale team will join Biohub; the EvolutionaryScale website states it is now part of Biohub and links ESM models to biohub.ai. | biohub.org the team at EvolutionaryScale, a frontier AI research lab and public benefit company that has created groundbreaking large-scale AI systems for the life sciences, will join Biohub. |
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