Inceptive

Core neolab

Foundation models that design sequence-based medicines (mRNA, siRNA, ASOs, peptides)

Record checked 15 Nov 2026inceptive.comReport an error

Raised, confirmed$100M1 confirmed round

Valuation, confirmed—none disclosed

Valuation, reported—no open report

Founded2021Palo Alto, CA, US

Key facts

Field	Value	Source · checked
Classification	Core neolabResearch-led lab building foundation models for RNA and medicine design, co-founded by a co-author of the Transformer paper; $100M Series A (Sep 2023) and a collaboration with Alnylam valued at up to $2B (Jun 2026)	Tier definitions
Field	AI for science
Founded	2021	investors.alnylam.comFounded in 2021 and backed by a16z, NVIDIA, S32 and Obviouschecked 15 Nov 2026
Headquarters	Palo Alto, CA, US	investors.alnylam.comInceptive is headquartered in Palo Alto with offices in Berlin and Zurich.checked 15 Nov 2026
Founders	Jakob Uszkoreit, Rhiju Das	Sources per person below
Website	inceptive.com	inceptive.lifeInceptive \| Foundation models of life, for life.checked 15 Nov 2026
Careers	inceptive.com7 open roles on 15 Nov 2026	job-boards.greenhouse.iochecked 15 Nov 2026
Profiles and work	LinkedIn	How links are checkedchecked 15 Nov 2026

Inceptive has raised $100M in rounds confirmed by the company, a regulator or two independent outlets. Status rules: methodology.

Date	Round	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Status	Source · checked
7 Sep 2023	Series A	$100M	—	Lead: NVIDIA (NVentures), Andreessen Horowitz; Obvious Ventures	Confirmed	SEC EDGARForm D: total offering 99999966.0, total sold 99699966.0, first sale 2023-09-06+3 more sourceschecked 15 Nov 2026

Notes on these rounds

7 Sep 2023 Series A: Outlets also report a valuation of over $300 million; no outlet states pre/post and the reports differ on the earlier round, so no valuation is recorded.

Name	Role	Before	Now	Source · checked
Jakob UszkoreitLinkedIn Scholar	Co-founder & CEO	Google (AI researcher)	Current	investors.alnylam.comsaid Jakob Uszkoreit, Inceptive co-founder and CEO.checked 15 Nov 2026
Rhiju DasScholar Site	Co-founder	Stanford University (Biochemist)	Left	venturebeat.comwas founded in 2021 by Uszkoreit and Stanford University’s Rhiju Daschecked 15 Nov 2026

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