
Bindwell builds AI models that accelerate discovery of safer, more effective pesticides by predicting and optimizing bioactive structures. The company develops machine-learning and protein-structure models — including Foldwell, a reported alternative to AlphaFold that claims faster structure prediction — to design and test pesticide candidates in-house. Bindwell operates as a biotech R&D platform focused on computational chemistry, structural biology, and ML-driven candidate prioritization. Its technology is aimed at agrochemical developers and research teams working on pesticide discovery and safety assessment.

Bindwell builds AI models that accelerate discovery of safer, more effective pesticides by predicting and optimizing bioactive structures. The company develops machine-learning and protein-structure models — including Foldwell, a reported alternative to AlphaFold that claims faster structure prediction — to design and test pesticide candidates in-house. Bindwell operates as a biotech R&D platform focused on computational chemistry, structural biology, and ML-driven candidate prioritization. Its technology is aimed at agrochemical developers and research teams working on pesticide discovery and safety assessment.
What they do: AI-driven biotech platform designing safer, targeted pesticides using ML and in-house wet lab testing
Founding: Founded 2024 by Tyler Rose and Navvye Anand
Funding: Raised early-stage venture funding including a reported $6M Seed (Nov 2025) and Pre-Seed in 2025
Backers: Investors include Y Combinator, General Catalyst, A.Capital, SV Angel, Paul Graham, and others
Headcount: Reported ~3 employees
Pesticide discovery and safety assessment for agriculture
2024
Agriculture and Farming
Pre-Seed round listed on company/Crunchbase records
6000000
Seed round reported in press coverage; included participation from individual backers
“Backed by prominent early-stage VCs and angels including Y Combinator, General Catalyst, A.Capital, SV Angel, Character, Paul Graham, Ryan Merket, Unpopular Ventures”
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We’re building a system that replaces a lab technician + physics + chemistry intuition with a single neural network. This is a rare role: someone who can operate like a strong SWE/MLE while also being a real synthetic chemist with biochemistry depth (proteins/peptides). You’ll work directly with the founders to connect model predictions to molecules we can actually make, generating the data loop that makes our models better over time.
We’re willing to pay a $15k referral bonus for an exceptional hire.
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