After the ALS asset failed and the company rebranded as Verge Labs, reporting indicated Verge cut about 90% of its workforce and pivoted to a leaner platform-first model.
SourceWe use human data and AI to develop better drugs faster.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Verge Genomics, now publicly operating as Verge Labs, is a 2015-founded San Francisco biotech/AI company focused on precision neurology and AI-driven drug discovery using its proprietary CONVERGE platform and multimodal human brain data.
Primary product
CONVERGE® all-in-human drug discovery / precision neurology platform (including vBx-1.0)
Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
10-20
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
AI-driven drug discovery and precision neurology
Offices
Business model
Stage
Series C
Total raised
$176.1M
Latest round
Series C · Oct 2024
Oct 2024
Corporate minority / strategic equity collaboration
Sep 2023 · AstraZeneca / Alexion
Dec 2021 · BlackRock
Oct 2020
Jul 2018 · DFJ
Nov 2015 · IA Ventures
Leadership
CEO & Co-founder
Vice President, Operations
Vice President, Product and Engineering
Chief Business Officer
Co-founder
Non-Executive Director and Co-Founder
Investors
Public materials emphasize courageous ambition, radical candor, taking 100% responsibility, diversity, and a founder-led high-ownership culture; employee comments also highlight candor and calculated risk-taking.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public job postings and career pages signal competitive compensation, equity, and annual bonus eligibility; at least one posted US role showed a base salary band of about $131.5k-$156.5k.
Benefits
Pricing
Platform licensing / co-development contracts with upfront fees, equity, milestone payments, and royalties
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
4.2K
Traffic estimate as of Apr 2026
After the ALS asset failed and the company rebranded as Verge Labs, reporting indicated Verge cut about 90% of its workforce and pivoted to a leaner platform-first model.
SourceVerge’s sole clinical candidate, VRG50635, failed efficacy in a Phase 1b ALS trial and the company stopped advancing the program.
SourceSTAT · Jun 2026
STAT reported on Verge Labs’ vBx-1.0 launch and how the model is intended to improve patient stratification and trial design in neurology.
PR Newswire · Jun 2026
Official launch of vBx-1.0, a precision neurology foundation model and virtual biopsy product.
PR Newswire · Jun 2026
Verge announced its first partnership under the new platform-first commercial model.
PR Newswire · May 2026
Verge Genomics rebranded publicly as Verge Labs and described the shift from in-house therapeutics to a platform-first AI lab.
GlobeNewswire · Nov 2024
Lilly selected two validated ALS targets from Verge’s CONVERGE collaboration, triggering milestone payments.