We build computational biology tools in the open
Inflexa is a free, open-source orchestrator for computational biology, from preclinical research through translational decisions. It runs on your machine, with the model you choose, and every finding it produces is grounded in PubMed-cited literature and carries a signed record of how it was made. We think the tools science runs on should be readable by the scientists who depend on them.
We spent years building computational biology software used at biopharma organizations. That work put us close to translational and discovery teams across pharma, biotech, and academia. We saw the same pattern everywhere.
Most assets that move from preclinical to clinical fail. The warning signs are usually there in the data, but nobody has time to find them. Teams handle the routine parts: QC, normalization, basic stats. The bottleneck is the deeper work: comparing methods head to head, checking whether a biomarker holds across cohorts, following a weak signal across three datasets to see if it is real or noise. That work takes weeks of expert time. Most of it never gets done.
The signals that kill an asset in phase 2 are usually visible earlier, if someone has time to look.
So we built Inflexa to do that work. It runs analysis exhaustively: more methods, more comparisons, more follow-up than a person would attempt. It generates hypotheses, then tests them against the data and against the literature. When datasets are large and time is short, humans miss things.
The output isn't a black box, and neither is the software. Every result links back to the data, the code, the method, and the model that produced it, with PubMed-cited evidence chains tracing each claim to source. And the tool that produced it is open under Apache 2.0. You can read it, change it, run it on a machine we never see, and keep using it whatever happens to us.
A scientific result you cannot inspect is a result you are taking on trust. We would rather you didn't have to.
Rigor over speed
Running more methods and cross-validating results takes longer than running one pipeline. When a real decision rests on the answer, the extra time is worth it.
Traceability is non-negotiable
Every finding links back to the data, the code version, the method, and the model that produced it. No exceptions.
Scientists stay in control
The system writes the first draft. You edit and approve. Nothing runs without your sign-off, and because the source is open, nothing runs that you cannot read.
Questions?
We're happy to talk about how Inflexa works or whether it's a fit for your research.