From a worm lab in his apartment to C5R: an AI startup fixing lab automation
akilian · x · 2026-09-25
- Founder akilian recounts going all-in on biology 18 months ago: he built a lab in his apartment (worms!) and later joined one at UCSF.
- He observed that while AI models keep advancing in the virtual/computational world, they fall short in real wet labs—which is the problem his new company C5R was founded to fix.
- The team has been coming together for five months and is openly recruiting: interested people are invited to reach out directly.
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