The AI-powered company is unlocking the hidden healing potential of plants by finding active compounds that could target specific conditions.
or six weeks in July 2017, Lee Chae, a Stanford-educated plant biologist, sat at his kitchen table in San Francisco—where he can smell and hear the Pacific Ocean—and opened up his laptop. It sounds like a typical workday morning for many, but Chae did something more than just fill out a few spreadsheets. He began building an artificial intelligence platform that can identify bioactive compounds in plants and identify potential remedies for specific human ailments.
“Cannabis is known for THC and CBD,” says Chae, naming the psychoactive component in pot that gets people high and the chemical compound associated with anti-inflammation and other health-related benefits. “And yet, there are these other two compounds that have been sitting in there after all this time and it’s a totally different chemical that helps us process fat from the liver.
“The hypothesis is that nature is underexplored for its potential solutions for health,” Elizondo says. “Plants are prolific producers of natural chemicals, some of which we feel, like caffeine, but there’s a bunch that we don’t feel and they’re responsible for maintaining our body working at full capacity. There are millions of bioactive compounds and natural chemicals out there and we’ve only really tapped about 1%.”estimates its revenue is under $20 million—but it has some big partners.
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