What it is
Cradle offers a software platform that lets protein engineers use generative ML to propose sequence variants with improved properties (stability, activity, expression), feeding lab results back to sharpen predictions. It aims to make ML-guided protein optimization a routine tool rather than a specialist project.
Evidence trail
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Model passport
How Cradle Bio represents biology
Category is navigation. These fields describe the model-specific computational transformation and deliberately override broad category defaults.
Biological scale
Modalities & tasks
Registry, claims and frontier intelligence
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Open claim intelligence →0 connected frontiers
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Inputs
Project-specific biological dataOutputs
Models, evidence or candidatesScientific and technical profile
Scientific principles
Technology
Scientific lineage
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DNA as the hereditary transforming principle
Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod & Maclyn McCartyGenomics, variant interpretation, gene therapy and sequence foundation models depend on DNA being the durable molecular carrier of biological information.
The central dogma and directional information transfer
Francis CrickMulti-omic models and sequence foundation models connect genotype, transcript and protein through this information-flow framework.
Quantitative structure–activity relationships
Corwin HanschClassical QSAR established the central premise that molecular features can predict potency and guide optimization—the conceptual ancestor of modern molecular machine learning.
Activation energy and temperature-dependent reaction rates
Svante ArrheniusChemical stability, degradation, enzyme catalysis, metabolism and accelerated stability studies all use Arrhenius reasoning.
Selective toxicity and the ‘magic bullet’
Paul EhrlichTarget selectivity, therapeutic index and mechanism-based screening remain central goals of drug discovery.
Enzyme kinetics and saturation
Leonor Michaelis & Maud MentenPotency, enzyme inhibition, target engagement, metabolic clearance and mechanistic pharmacology routinely use this kinetic framework.
Evaluation evidence
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Known limitations
- Independent reproducibility is limited by proprietary access.
- A structured benchmark claim has not yet been extracted for this record.
- Outputs require task-specific scientific and experimental validation.
Milestones
Founder previously led products at Google.
Targets everyday R&D teams, not just AI labs.