Strand AI

Multimodal foundation models to predict uncollected patient biology

1.5Score#891 of 999 agents#15 of 16 in Scientist

Why it ranks #891

Strand AI, an AI scientist from YC W26, ranks #891 of 999 AI agents and #15 of 16 in Scientist, with a score of 1.5 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 1 × 30% 0.3
Momentum 1 × 25% 0.3
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 1.5

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
1
2 people.
- +1
  2 people on its YC page2 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
1
Shows a new batch.
- +1
  New: YC Winter 2026
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), open roles on YC (+2), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), funding news in the last year (+2)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 12% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 12% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 2% likely
- Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Strand AI

Strand AI develops foundation models to generate missing bio-data about patients. With this imputed data, pharmaceutical companies can select better patients for their drug trials and shave months from their drug launch timelines. We’ve already trained a multimodal foundation model that integrates spatial biology modalities, beating SOTA at a fraction of the cost.