Discuss how Lab in the Loop is revolutionizing drug discovery by integrating AI with experimental workflows, enhancing speed and accuracy in data collection and analysis.
Yochi Slonim
A serial entrepreneur in software and biotech, Yochi Slonim has built multiple companies as a founder and CEO through all phases of growth all the way to IPOs and large M&A exits. As a Co-founder and CEO of Anima Biotech, he is driving the company’s strategy and business development at the intersection of mRNA biology and AI.
Prior to Anima, Yochi was a co-founder of Mercury Interactive. As CTO and VP R&D from the company's early days, he created product vision and strategy and led a multi-product organization of 200 developers. After going public and reaching revenues of over $1B annually, Mercury was acquired by HP for $4.5B.
As Senior VP of products and marketing for Tecnomatix, a public NASDAQ company, he led a 500 people organization of 4 divisions that generated revenues of $100m until the company was acquired by UGS for $230m.
In 2000, Yochi was founder and CEO of Identify. The company reached revenues of $50m in less than 5 years and was acquired by BMC in 2006 for $150m in cash.
Yochi founded ffwd.me, a unique startup acceleration program where he led a team that worked with over 25 startups in diverse areas and technologies, developing strategy, products and go to market operations while raising multiple rounds of financing from VCs and private investors.
As one of Israel's leading speakers on the subject of startup positioning and company building, several of Yochi's approachable and amusing lectures can be found on Yochi Slonim's Youtube.
Anima Biotech
Website: https://www.animabiotech.com/
Anima Biotech has built the biology runtime for AI - the Biology GPU.
The Biology GPU is the infrastructure layer that connects how AI thinks with how biology works. It enables AI models to visually compute inside cells in a closed loop of experimental reasoning, revealing the pathways that drive disease.
Powered by a Visual Biology Model trained on 2B+ proprietary cellular pathway images and technology that directly visualizes biological processes and pathways at AI scale, the Biology GPU runs visual experiments inside cells - identifying which pathways are active, how they interact, and where compounds act.
From pathways to targets, mechanisms to compounds, the Biology GPU transforms discovery into a runtime where AI engages directly with biology across the entire lifecycle.
Validated in 20+ discovery programs and collaborations with AbbVie, Takeda, and Lilly, Anima Biotech is defining the runtime infrastructure for AI in biology.
