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Manifold
Newton, US · Founded 2016 · 95 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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Manifold provides an enterprise agent platform that uses agentic AI to accelerate drug discovery and development processes for life sciences companies, from early discovery through clinical stages.
Founders & leadership
Manifold was founded in 2016 by Vinay Seth Mohta, Vivek Mohta, Sourav Dey, and Rajendra Koppula.
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Vinay Seth MohtaCEO & Co-founderVinay Seth Mohta is the CEO and co-founder of Manifold, an enterprise agent platform applying agentic AI to drug discovery and development for life sciences. He previously co-founded and served as CTO of the healthtech company Kyruus Health and was an early team member at Endeca Technologies (later acquired by Oracle), holds several patents, and earned S.B. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
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Vivek MohtaPresident & Co-FounderPresident and co-founder of Manifold, which builds an enterprise agentic AI platform for drug discovery and development in life sciences. He previously spent a decade working to advance investment in U.S. science and technology across government, philanthropy, and industry, and earlier was a researcher at MIT and Harvard studying manifolds in particle physics; he holds an S.B. in mathematics and physics from MIT and a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard.
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Sourav DeyCo-founder · Chief AI OfficerSourav Dey is CAIO at Manifold, where he leads development of AI agents for scientific workflows in genomics, precision medicine, and bioinformatics. He previously built AI/ML products at Google and Nest (before Google's acquisition of Nest), worked on power grid forecasting at AutoGrid and wireless communications at Qualcomm, and holds a PhD, MS, and BS in EECS from MIT.
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Rajendra KoppulaVice President, Machine Learning & Co-FounderCo-founder and Co-CAIO of Manifold, an enterprise agentic AI platform for accelerating drug discovery and development in life sciences. He previously spent nearly a decade at Qualcomm on engineering teams working on statistical and wireless signal processing, and holds an MS in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Statistics.
Investors · 4
Calibrate Ventureslisted by Calibrate VenturesPasadena · $5M
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Tq Ventures Llclisted by Tq Ventures LlcNew York
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Western Technology Investmentlisted by Western Technology InvestmentPortola Valley
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$34M disclosed across 3 rounds · 2025–2026
- $8MraisedMar 2026 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
- $8MSeed FundingMar 2026Source ↗
- $18MSeries BDec 2025 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Manifold do?
- Manifold provides an enterprise agent platform that uses agentic AI to accelerate drug discovery and development processes for life sciences companies, from early discovery through clinical stages.
- Who founded Manifold?
- Manifold was founded by Vinay Seth Mohta, Vivek Mohta, Sourav Dey, Rajendra Koppula in 2016.
- Who are Manifold's investors?
- Manifold's investors include Calibrate Ventures, SK Ventures, Tq Ventures Llc, Western Technology Investment.
- How much funding has Manifold raised?
- Manifold has disclosed $34M raised across 3 rounds.
- Where is Manifold headquartered?
- Manifold is headquartered in Newton, US.