Astromech

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Location Dallas, Texas
Founded 2025
Latest Stage Seed Extension
Total Raised $40.5M
Website https://www.astromech.ai
Sector
biotech AI computational-biology

Founders

Ben Lamm Co-Founder & CEO
George Church Co-Founder

About

Astromech is a Dallas-based AI-biotech company spun out of Colossal Biosciences, building a predictive engine for biology that aims to forecast evolution, disease risk, and system vulnerabilities before they happen 1. Co-founded by Ben Lamm and Harvard geneticist George Church, the company initially raised $30 million in seed funding in September 2025 2. A $10.5 million seed extension brought total funding to $40.5 million, with the company reaching a reported $2 billion valuation just nine months after spin-out 1.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2025-09 Seed $30M Undisclosed Undisclosed 2
2026 Seed Extension $10.5M Undisclosed Undisclosed 1

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Sources

  1. D CEO Magazine, “Astromech, the New AI Startup from Ben Lamm of Colossal Biosciences,” March 2026. https://www.dmagazine.com/business-economy/2026/03/ben-lamm-astromech-colossal/↩↩↩

  2. FinSMEs, “Ben Lamm Teams with George Church for $30M AI Company Astromech,” September 2025. https://www.finsmes.com/2025/09/ben-lamm-teams-with-george-church-for-30m-ai-company-astromech.html↩↩