Where does Abraham Heifets work?

Abraham Heifets is Founder of WonderTx.

What companies did Abraham Heifets found?

Abraham Heifets founded WonderTx.

Where did Abraham Heifets go to school?

Abraham Heifets studied at Y Combinator (Masters of Growth); University of Toronto (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science); Cornell University (MEng, Computer Science).

Abraham Heifets

Founder

Founder at WonderTx

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedWonderTx · YC

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Abraham Heifets is founder and CEO of WonderTx and previously co-founded Atomwise, an AI-driven drug discovery company. He earned a PhD from the University of Toronto, worked at IBM Research, is named on 15 patents and applications, and contributed AI work to Cornell's robotic soccer team.

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Abraham went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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WonderTx's investors · 15

0 AD Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks Blast.Club$5.5M checks Capitalize VCChicago · $100K – $200K checks Founder CapitalSilicon Valley · $25K – $100K checks Greater Ventures Maiora Rebel Ventures Metsu Capital PioneerToronto, Ontario Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checks Singularity Ventures Transpose Platform ManagementSan Francisco Ventioneers CapitalOakville Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026 ZAKA VCSan Francisco

Experience

WonderTxCEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Atomwise, Inc.Co-Founder and CEO2012 — 2024
University of TorontoGraduate Student2008 — 2013Toronto, Canada Area
IBMStaff Software Engineer2003 — 2007
IBMResearch Intern2001
IBMExtreme Blue Intern2000

Skills & more

Machine Learning41Algorithms32XML16Java39Computer Science13Python10Distributed Systems8Data Mining5Artificial Intelligence5Perl2LaTeX7Matlab3

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ProgrammingSoftware EngineeringBioinformaticsCRubyC++Software DevelopmentData AnalysisResearchLinux

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Who is Abraham Heifets?: Abraham Heifets is founder and CEO of WonderTx and previously co-founded Atomwise, an AI-driven drug discovery company. He earned a PhD from the University of Toronto, worked at IBM Research, is named on 15 patents and applications, and contributed AI work to Cornell's robotic soccer team.
Where does Abraham Heifets work?: Abraham Heifets is Founder of WonderTx.
What companies did Abraham Heifets found?: Abraham Heifets founded WonderTx.
Where did Abraham Heifets go to school?: Abraham Heifets studied at Y Combinator (Masters of Growth); University of Toronto (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science); Cornell University (MEng, Computer Science).