Hoifung Poon, PhD, formerly General Manager of Microsoft Research, has joined Recursion as the company’s first Chief AI Officer. In 15+ years at Microsoft, he led pioneering work in biomedical AI, multimodal foundation models & causal machine learning – including PubMedBERT, GigaPath & GigaTIME.
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Decoding biology to radically improve lives. The industrial revolution of drug discovery is here. Learn more at recursion.com #techbio
We’re headed to the U.S. Science Summit! On July 21, Recursion CEO Najat Khan, PhD, will join @biotechtv.bsky.social's inaugural U.S. Science Summit in Kendall Square for a fireside chat, “Who Will Shape the Future of Medicine?” www.biotechtv.com/us-science-s... #USsciencesummit #biotech #Boston
🤖 Automated labs will be a driving force in the AI drug discovery era. A new story in @sciam.bsky.social looks at how automated labs are adding new speed & efficiency to drug discovery & how Recursion is bringing “industrial scale” to lab automation. www.scientificamerican.com/article/auto...
🎉 We’re on the Shatter List! Recursion has been named to the 2026 Women Tech Council’s Shatter List. This is our 9th year making the list, which recognizes workplaces where talented people want to grow, lead, and build meaningful careers. 👉 Learn more: www.womentechcouncil.com/shatter-list/
🚀A new article in Nature Biotech highlights how next-generation AI companies like Recursion are transforming biology into an engineering discipline. Recursion CEO Najat Khan: “On average, we go from project start to advanced candidate in 17 months.” www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com
Programming biology: next-gen AI firms raise billions to design better medicines - Nature Biotechnology
Faster drug discovery, optimized drug design, even programmable therapeutics: AI is impacting R&D. Data and development bottlenecks remain.
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Bigger isn't always better.” — Dave Hallett, CSO, Recursion At the @synbiobeta.bsky.social event, Dave joined fellow industry leaders to discuss "Solving the Scale Mismatch Between Cells and Patients in Virtual Biology." How do we better translate cellular insights to patient outcomes using AI?
Recursion will provide business updates and report our first quarter 2026 financial results on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, with an Earnings Call at 8:00 am ET / 6:00 am MT / 1:00 pm BST broadcast on our X, LinkedIn, and YouTube accounts. 👉Learn more: ir.recursion.com/news-release...
⏩ Momentum is building across the #TechBio ecosystem. "After a year of keeping its head down and riding out the bumps, biotech is doing what it’s best at again. Innovating. Making things better.” 🧪💡👇
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Doubling survival in pancreatic cancer, a long-fought rare disease approval, a massive IPO and ambitious biotech entrepreneurs have BioSpace Senior Editor Annalee Armstrong feeling upbeat about the bi...
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Last week, we held an event called “An Evening of Hope” in honor of Rare Disease Day. Speakers included rare disease advocates, researchers, patients, and community members who shared their personal stories, breakthroughs, and messages of hope. #raredisease #patients www.youtube.com/shorts/nGOqc...
Highlights from Recursion's Evening of Hope Event for Rare Disease Day 2026
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At Silicon Slopes, Recursion Chief Business Officer Matt Kinn spoke to Nasdaq’s Kristina Ayanian about Recursion’s differentiated approach and strategic advantages. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfLA...
Nasdaq Interview with Recursion Chief Business Officer Matt Kinn at Silicon Slopes
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Recursion welcomed rare disease advocates, physicians, patients, and community members for “An Evening of Hope” last week in SLC. The event highlighted the critical work happening to raise awareness & accelerate new treatments & best support patients and their families who are waiting for a cure.
Recursion announced yesterday that the company will participate in a number of upcoming investor conferences. 👉 Check out the webcasts at ir.recursion.com. #investor #financial #AI #drugdiscovery #TechBio
Recursion CSO Dave Hallett was recently appointed as an AI Champion by the UK government. He’s one of 8 AI Champions and will be representing the life sciences industry, helping to inform, guide, and accelerate AI adoption plans in that space. 👉 Learn more: delivery.ai.gov.uk/48/ #TechBio #AI #UK
See you at #SLAS2026! Two of our AI drug discovery experts are presenting at the SLAS International Conference & Exhibition Feb. 7-11 in Boston - on Industrializing Drug Discovery with ML and Leveraging AI to Map Cellular Morphology Across Imaging Modalities. www.slas.org/events-calen...
A new episode of Google’s podcast #WhereTheInternetLives looks at Recursion's approach to making new medicines – relying on massive proprietary datasets spanning biology, chemistry and patient data; supercomputing; and an end-to-end AI platform. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-8W... #GoogleDataCenters
Mapping New Medicines | Where the Internet Lives
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Leveraging AI & real-world patient data to accelerate drug discovery. In a recent webinar, Sid Jain and Hayley Donnella of Recursion spoke to Shane Woods at Tempus AI about how patient data is driving the latest advances in AI drug discovery. www.tempus.com/resources/co... #TechBio #data 🧪
Beth Bruckheimer, PhD, VP of Clinical Development, shared details on our positive Phase 1b/2 results from the ongoing TUPELO study of REC-4881 for Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), which offers new hope for patients. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv0c...
Recursion's Positive Phase 1b/2 Results from the Ongoing TUPELO Study of REC-4881 for FAP
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🚀 Recursion has been laying the foundation for a virtual cell from day one – including massive-scale, proprietary biological & chemical datasets, AI models & one of the industry’s most powerful supercomputers. Learn about our progress & what's next: www.recursion.com/news/since-i... #virtualcell
🚀 The energy & momentum happening around life sciences in London – fueled by innovation and investment in #AI – is undeniable, and it was on full display last week at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference & London Life Sciences Week presentations and events. www.youtube.com/shorts/r2iwx...
AI in Life Sciences Momentum in London: Recursion at Jefferies and London Life Sciences Week
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In a new story in Technology Networks, incoming CEO and President Najat Khan shared insights into the creation of the Microglia Map in partnership with Roche and Genentech and what it could mean for future drug discovery. #neuroscience #microglia #TechBio www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discove...
Mapping Microglia To Unlock New Paths in Neuroscience
Dr. Najat Khan of Recursion shared insights into the creation of the Microglia Map and what it could mean for future drug discovery.
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In a new video, Communications and Culture Fellow Katherine Matsumoto asks Recursionauts: “What is one thing you wish your families understood about the work that you do?” For many, it’s all about the patients. #onething #Recursionaut #culture #TechBio #drugdiscovery www.youtube.com/shorts/ougrI...
One Thing I Wish My Family Understood About My Work at Recursion
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Presenting REC-102: Preclinical in vivo updates for a potential ENPP1 inhibitor for the treatment of hypophosphatasia (HPP). Results of the study have been published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 👉 Read the paper: academic.oup.com/jbmr/advance... #HPP #ENPP1 #TechBio
At the inaugural TEDx Tribeca on Dec. 3, Recursion incoming CEO and current Chief R&D Officer and Chief Commercial Officer Najat Khan will present her personal journey merging science and technology to make new medicines and improve the lives of patients. www.ted.com/tedx/events/... #NYC #TED #TEDx
Recursion announced a leadership transition plan to drive the next phase of its growth. Effective Jan. 1st, Chris Gibson, Co-Founder and CEO, will transition to Chairman of the Board, Najat Khan, PhD, Chief R&D and Commercial Officer, will be named CEO and President. ir.recursion.com/news-release...
In our latest Explain the Impact video, we share the inside story of the world's first Microglia Map from Recursion and Roche and Genentech to help unlock new targets in neurodegenerative diseases. #neuroscience #techbio youtube.com/shorts/xvPIQ...
The Making of the World's First Microglia Map to Explore New Targets for Neurological Diseases
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💥 Recursion has achieved a $30 million milestone payment from its partners, Roche and Genentech, following the acceptance of the Microglia Map – a first-of-its-kind whole genome map of the brain’s immune cells. 👉Learn more: www.recursion.com/news/how-a-f... #neuroscience #TechBio
How a First-of-its-Kind “Microglia Map” from Recursion and Roche and Genentech Could Unlock New Treatments for Neurodegenerative Diseases
A first-of-its-kind whole genome map from researchers at Recursion with partners Roche and Genentech offers a new approach to exploring novel targets and pathways for a wide range of neurological dise...
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The 3rd episode of TechBio Talks is now live, featuring leading AI investor Nathan Benaich of Air Street Capital with host Chris Gibson discussing the evolving landscape of AI in drug discovery, the biggest trends in Nathan’s new State of AI Report, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjT...
TechBio Talks Episode 3: Air Street Capital's Nathan Benaich with Host Chris Gibson
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What gets you excited? In this video, Communications and Culture Fellow Katherine Matsumoto asks Recursionauts to share the “one thing” that most excites them about their work. #OneThing #culture www.youtube.com/shorts/zQDQq...
One Thing That Makes Me Excited to Come to Work at Recursion
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Today, cofounder & CEO Chris Gibson spoke on the Main Stage at #GITEX to discuss how the convergence of AI, data, & DNA is fundamentally changing the way we discover medicines. As he wrote: “This is more than just a shift in technology — it’s a re-architecting of the scientific process itself."