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ChemLex

AI-for-science company founded in January 2022 that pairs a proprietary AI-for-chemistry platform with high-throughput automated synthesis; it established its global headquarters and a 24/7 self-driving laboratory in Singapore in December 2025 on the back of a $45M round, running autonomous synthesis services for pharmaceutical and biotech R&D.

Headquarters

Singapore

Year Founded

2022

Founders

Sen (Sean) Lin (founder and CEO)

Country

Singapore

Financial Information

Funding Stage

Venture round (USD 45M, Dec 2025)

Recent Funding

$45M

Funding By

Granite Asia

Core Technology

AI-for-chemistry models integrated with autonomous high-throughput synthesis

Product Type

AI Platform

Pipeline Stage (Very Important)

Commercialized (platform and autonomous synthesis services)

Regulatory Status

  • IND Filed: N/A
  • FDA/EMA Status: N/A
  • Clinical Trial Registration: N/A
  • Patents / IP Status: Not disclosed

Partnerships

Pharma Collaborations

Pharmaceutical partners (undisclosed); MOU with Singapore's EDDC

Academic / Hospital Tie-ups

Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC), Singapore

CRO/CDMO Partnerships

None disclosed

Market & Differentiation

24/7 autonomous experimentation that shortens synthesis turnaround and lowers cost for discovery customers