# Elucidata

> Elucidata is a TechBio company building Polly, a data-centric ML-Ops platform that harmonizes messy biomedical data into AI-ready datasets for pharma R&D. Founded in 2015 by Abhishek Jha and Swetabh Pathak, the company powers drug discovery work at Pfizer, Genentech, Janssen and dozens of biotechs from offices in San Francisco, Boston and Delhi.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Abhishek Jha (Co-founder & CEO), Swetabh Pathak (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~170 employees
- **Products:** Polly, Polly Python, Data Concierge, Elucidata AI Labs
- **Notable:** Ranked 8th in Biotech on Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies 2024, Winner of the NCI AI-Readiness Challenge, 2.5M+ biomolecular datasets curated

## Products & services

- **Polly** — Data-centric ML-Ops platform for life sciences. Ingests, harmonizes and curates multi-omics, clinical and real-world data using Bio-NLP and ML pipelines.
- **Polly Python** — Open-source SDK for programmatic access to curated biomedical datasets.
- **Data Concierge** — Managed service that pairs Polly with Elucidata scientists to build bespoke datasets for specific drug programs.
- **Elucidata AI Labs** — R&D arm launched in 2026 to combine agentic AI with curated biomedical data for biomedical AGI.

## Achievements

- Ranked 8th in Biotech on Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies 2024
- Winner of the NCI AI-Readiness Challenge
- 2.5M+ biomolecular datasets curated
- 115 TB of ML-ready biomedical data on Polly

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Launched Elucidata AI Labs with R&D hubs in San Francisco, Boston and India to work on biomedical AGI.
- **2024-03** — Named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list (Biotech, #8).
- **2022-09** — Closed $16M Series A led by Eight Roads Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://elucidata.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elucidata-corporation/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/elucidatacorp
- GitHub: https://github.com/ElucidataInc/polly-python
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZYVM0I1zqRgkGTdIlQZ9Yw
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElucidataCorporation/

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Last updated: 2026-05-29