Tabula

Tabula

Develops ML-guided, programmable antimicrobials

Overview

Tabula Bioscience uses machine learning to improve disease prediction and personalized medicine. Its core product aims to design programmable, strain-specific antimicrobials that target bacteria via bacteriophages, with R&D focused on phage therapy and gram-negative bacteria. The models leverage unlabeled genomic data from humans and other species, incorporate expert priors and epigenetic information, and use probabilistic programming to build mechanistic biological explanations. The goal is to narrow the gap between heritability and prediction to enable more effective, individualized treatments.

About Tabula

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Why Tabula is rated
C-
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated C on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

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AI & Machine Learning

Biotechnology

Healthcare

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What believers are saying

  • Tabula’s 2026 site says it treats real patients six months after founding.
  • May 2026 job postings show active phage and gram-negative R&D execution.
  • Its focus on antibiotic-resistant infections targets a large, urgent clinical need.

What critics are saying

  • No public financing beyond a 2022 $2 million seed limits runway.
  • The 2026 hiring push in Madison signals heavy lab burn before product revenue.
  • Bacteriophage therapeutics face FDA, manufacturing, and resistance hurdles that can kill the company.

What makes Tabula unique

  • Tabula’s 2026 site says it builds algorithms, not drugs, for infectious disease.
  • The company combines ML, wet-lab validation, and in-house phage experimentation.
  • Founders Ammon Bartram and Michael Poon attract elite backers like Seibel and Shear.

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