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About
Eta Atolia is Founder and CEO of TareBio, a biotechnology company developing personalized and population-level vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases. She holds an MD-PhD from UCLA-Caltech, where she developed a vaccine-development platform with Gates Foundation funding, and a BS in Biology from MIT, and has conducted research at the Koch Institute, Harvard Medical School, and the Weizmann Institute.
Founder at TareBioYC S26
Intro paths
Eta went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran TareBio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Eta can intro founders to TareBio's investors below.
TareBio's investors · 1
Experience
- TareBio (YC S26)Founder, CEOcurrent2025 — present
- UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training ProgramMD-PhD Candidate2016 — 2025Los Angeles, CA
- Harvard Medical SchoolUndergraduate / Postgraduate Researcher, Goldberg Lab, HMS/MGH2015 — 2016Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate Researcher, Bhatia Lab, Koch Institute2011 — 2015
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUndergraduate Researcher, Wittrup Lab, Koch Institute2014
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyiGEM Team Researcher, Weiss Lab, Synthetic Biology Center2012
- Weizmann Institute of ScienceSummer Research Assistant, Eisenbach Lab, Department of Immunology2011Reẖovot, Israel
- National High Magnetic Field LaboratoryResearch Assistant, Ion Cyclotron Resonance Department2010 — 2011Tallahassee, Florida, United States
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eta Atolia?
- Eta Atolia is Founder and CEO of TareBio, a biotechnology company developing personalized and population-level vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases. She holds an MD-PhD from UCLA-Caltech, where she developed a vaccine-development platform with Gates Foundation funding, and a BS in Biology from MIT, and has conducted research at the Koch Institute, Harvard Medical School, and the Weizmann Institute.
- Where does Eta Atolia work?
- Eta Atolia is Founder of TareBio.
- What companies did Eta Atolia found?
- Eta Atolia founded TareBio.
- Where did Eta Atolia go to school?
- Eta Atolia studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Biology); UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program (MD-PhD, Immunology); UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program.
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