aid: auransa
name: Auransa
description: >-
  Auransa Inc. is a clinical-stage, AI-native biopharmaceutical company based in
  Palo Alto, California, founded in 2014 by Pek Lum. Auransa uses its proprietary
  SMarTR Engine — a hypothesis-free machine learning platform that mines human
  disease data such as RNA transcriptome and gene-expression profiles — to
  discover novel small-molecule therapeutics without starting from a predefined
  drug target. The company has analyzed more than 500,000 gene-expression profiles
  across roughly 70 diseases to identify molecular disease subtypes and match them
  to candidate compounds. Its lead program, AU-409, is a first-in-human Phase 1
  candidate for liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma), with additional pipeline
  work in heart-safe chemotherapy and other oncology indications. Auransa is a
  DCVC / DCVC Bio portfolio company, also backed by Lux Capital, 11.2 Capital, and
  Harmonix Fund. Auransa is a private drug-discovery company and does not publish a
  public API, developer portal, or SDK; this profile captures its identity and web
  presence in the API Evangelist network.
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  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
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specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Biotechnology
- Pharmaceuticals
- Drug Discovery
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Oncology
- Life Sciences
- Healthcare
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/auransa-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.auransa.com/
- type: Platform
  url: https://www.auransa.com/platform
- type: Support
  url: https://www.auransa.com/contact
- type: Publications
  url: https://www.auransa.com/publications
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/auransa
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
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