Ditto Bio blog · Mar 2026
First company blog post on MoleculeMapper and how Ditto maps parasite proteins to human targets to improve autoimmune target selection.
Evolutionary therapies for autoimmune disease
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Ditto Biosciences (Ditto Bio) is a 2025 San Francisco biotech backed by Y Combinator that uses AI plus parasite biology to discover and engineer autoimmune therapeutics.
Primary product
MoleculeMapper, an AI platform for mapping parasite proteins to human targets and surfacing autoimmune drug candidates
Founded
2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Biotechnology Research
Sub-industry
AI-enabled drug discovery for autoimmune therapeutics
Business model
17 jobs at Ditto Biosciences
Investors
Scientist-led and research-heavy, with a fast-moving mix of computational biology and wet-lab experimentation.
Differentiators
Technology
Competitors
Estimated monthly visits
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Ditto Bio blog · Mar 2026
First company blog post on MoleculeMapper and how Ditto maps parasite proteins to human targets to improve autoimmune target selection.
Fondo · Feb 2026
External launch coverage summarizing the company’s parasite-derived autoimmune therapeutic thesis, founders, and early scientific claims.
LinkedIn · Feb 2026
Adair Borges announced Ditto Bio’s public launch and reiterated the company’s autoimmune-drug-discovery thesis.
LinkedIn · Feb 2026
Emily Weiss announced YC W26 acceptance, noted building a wet lab from scratch, and mentioned early molecule discovery progress.
Y Combinator · Feb 2026
YC launch post describing Ditto Bio’s parasite-biology approach to autoimmune drug discovery, the 1M+ proteins analyzed claim, and the founding team.