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Persist AI

Biotech & Life Sciences · Woodland, United States · Founded 2022

Creating long-acting microsphere drug formulations using automation and machine learning MoreLess

Persist AI specializes in the development of microsphere formulations for drug delivery, leveraging AI-driven automation to significantly reduce formulation development time by 50%. The company serves pharmaceutical clients by optimizing drug loading, morphology, and distribution through the creation of up to 500 formulations per month. Persist AI's business model focuses on providing rapid pre-formulation services, completing PLGA microsphere pre-formulation in weeks rather than years. The company generates revenue by offering these specialized services to pharmaceutical companies looking to meet specific in vitro and in vivo drug release targets. With a team backed by over 15 years of expertise in drug formulation, machine learning, and automation, Persist AI is committed to exceeding customer expectations through strong teamwork and a supportive work environment. The company operates as a hybrid remote and local entity, fostering collaboration through annual team-building activities. Keywords: microsphere, drug delivery, AI-driven, automation, pharmaceutical, formulation, PLGA, machine learning, pre-formulation, scale-up.

Company overview

Persist AI company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Woodland, United States
Employees
33
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
66.8
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Valuation & funding

Persist AI funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES AEquity / VC May 2025 $12M $48M Y Combinator · Innospark · MBX Capital · Spero Ventures
SEEDEquity / VC Aug 2023 $4M $16M Innospark Ventures · Pioneer Fund · Fellows Fund · Y Combinator
SEEDEquity / VC Mar 2023 $125K $500K Y Combinator
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Financials

Workforce over time

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YearEmployees
2026 33
2025 38
2024 25
2023 16
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Growth signals

Persist AI website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Persist AI is 3.5K monthly website visits, down 12.5% over the last three months. Persist AI's team declined 13.2% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits3.5K 3-month web change-12.5% 1-year team growth-13.2%
Monthly website visits36 observations · Aug 2023–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

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Talent graph

Persist AI's talent

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Team profiled 7 named & role-tagged
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Investors

18 investors on Persist AI's cap table

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Seed 5 investors entered at this stage
Y Combinator
2048 Ventures
Innospark Ventures
Pioneer Fund
Fellows Fund
Series A 11 investors entered at this stage
Spero Ventures
Innospark
MBX Capital
SignalFire
Eli Lilly
Good AI Capital
Purdue Innovates Ventures
Asymmetry Ventures
Ford Street Ventures
Cartography Capital
Shimadzu Future Innovation Fund
Other known 2 additional known investors
Alex Ren
Purdue Research Foundation

Global footprint

Where Persist AI has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
3 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States84.6%
🇮🇳 India11.5%
🇯🇵 Japan3.9%
3 countries shown

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Market sentiment

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