How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech | TechCrunch

How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech | TechCrunch

Tiny Michigan biotech startup CircNova has raised a $3.3 million seed round for its technology that uses AI to target “circular RNA.” The development holds promise as a new method to quickly develop therapies for conditions that currently have no drug treatments.

The new funding is also a victory lap for co-founder and CEO Crystal Brown, who took an unconventional path to becoming a biotech founder.

RNA, or ribonucleic acid, is a key molecule that helps convert genetic…

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