About
Philip Fradkin holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and was an early employee at Deep Genomics, where he worked on machine learning applications for RNA, small molecules, and phenomics. He now leads efforts in AI for RNA design at Blank Bio and has published research at top machine learning and biology venues.
Founder at Blank BioYC S25
Intro paths
Philip went through Y Combinator (Summer 2025) — 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 Blank Bio's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Philip can intro founders to Blank Bio's investors below.
Blank Bio's investors · 6
Experience
- Blank Bio (YC S25)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Vector InstituteGraduate Researcher2020 — 2025Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Valence LabsMachine leaning internship2023 — 2024Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Deep GenomicsComputational Biologist2018 — 2020Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Deep GenomicsBioinformatician2016 — 2017Greater Toronto Area, Canada
- Rutgers UniversityVisiting Scholar2015
- Yale School of MedicineResearch Assistant2014New Haven Connecticut
Skills & more
From Philip's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Philip Fradkin?
- Philip Fradkin holds a PhD from the University of Toronto and was an early employee at Deep Genomics, where he worked on machine learning applications for RNA, small molecules, and phenomics. He now leads efforts in AI for RNA design at Blank Bio and has published research at top machine learning and biology venues.
- Where does Philip Fradkin work?
- Philip Fradkin is Founder of Blank Bio.
- What companies did Philip Fradkin found?
- Philip Fradkin founded Blank Bio.
- Where did Philip Fradkin go to school?
- Philip Fradkin studied at University of Toronto (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering); University of Toronto (Bachelor's of Science, Bioinformatics and Computer Science).
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Y Combinator mafia8,773
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Shared employers
Also worked at Blank Bio (YC S25)2
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