Medra
About
About Medra
Medra combines an AI Experimentalist reasoning layer with Physical AI Lab robotic workcells to close the loop between experimental design and wet-lab execution. Scientists define a research objective, after which the platform reviews literature, plans experiments, operates instruments, records video and sample metadata, analyses results and adjusts subsequent protocols while preserving human control over the goal.
Its model-agnostic, multi-agent architecture can incorporate external scientific agents and prediction models, and computer vision monitors bench activity for recoverable errors. Partners can deploy a Physical AI Lab at their own facility or use Medra Lab 001 in San Francisco remotely. ML001 runs programmes in antibody discovery, protein engineering, gene editing, genomics and cell biology for biopharma, academic and government teams, including a DARPA-funded project.
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Deployments
- Operating use
2026-06-24 - Medra Lab 001 operates closed-beta autonomous laboratory projects across academia, biopharma and government, including DARPA-funded work. - San Francisco, California
Source
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Robotiq
Inbound - End Effectors - Medra Lab 001 uses Robotiq 2F-140 grippers
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Funding
Investors
- 776 - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-11
- Catalio Capital Management - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-11
- Fusion Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-11
- Human Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-11
- Lux Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-11
- Menlo Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-11
- Neo - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-11
- NFDG - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-11
Team
- Michelle Lee - CEO & Founder - Founder and CEO for Medra's Physical AI Scientist and ML001 autonomous lab platform.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-06-24 - Product Launch - Medra launches AI Experimentalist for ML001 autonomous lab work
AI Experimentalist translates scientific goals and protocols into machine-executable experimental plans. Medra said ML001 is running closed-beta projects across academia, biopharma and government, including DARPA. The product gives Medra a concrete offering for commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows.
Source - 2025-12-11 - Funding - Medra raises $52M Series A to build Physical AI Scientists for drug discovery
Series A led by Human Capital with participation from Lux Capital, Neo, NFDG, Catalio Capital Management, Menlo Ventures, 776, and Fusion Fund Funding supports team growth, partnership scaling, and construction of a large-scale autonomous lab planned for 2026 Medra combines scientific AI with robotic execution to run experiments on standard laboratory tools and instruments
Source
Relations
Relationships
- DARPA
Research Funder - Medra reports DARPA-funded work using AI Experimentalist and ML001 autonomous laboratory capabilities.
Context
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Shared workflows
- XtalPi
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- Mecademic Industrial Robotics
workflow adjacency - Lab Automation Handling
Context tags
- Lab automation handling - Workflow - Medra builds robotic laboratory workcells and automation software for scientific workflows.
- Lab automation platform builder - Stack Layer - Medra builds robotic laboratory workcells and automation software for scientific workflows.
- Embodied AI - Capability - Medra builds robotic laboratory workcells and automation software for scientific workflows.
- Lab automation OEM - Stack Layer - Medra builds robotic laboratory workcells and automation software for scientific workflows.
- Lab automation sites - Customer Environment - Medra builds robotic laboratory workcells and automation software for scientific workflows.
- Physical AI Research - Stack Layer - Medra builds robotic laboratory workcells and automation software for scientific workflows.