Quercus Biosolutions Emerges from Stealth to Transform Crop Protection with AI-Designed Mini-Proteins
Summary
"We have spent years refining our AI-driven mini-protein design platform to deliver precision-engineered solutions in biopharma, and its application to agriculture represents a powerful new frontier," said Dave Longo, CEO of Ordaos Bio. "By integrating genAI, multitask meta-learning, and reinforcement learning with Quercus rapid-feedback approach, we are confident in the ability to generate highly optimized and commercially important product solutions." The company has generated proof-of-concept data validating in planta that designed mini-proteins can act when applied to intact plants, accessing key cellular compartments and targets. This rapid progress has been further accelerated by its unique partnership with Solis Agrosciences, enabling a seamless and highly efficient pipeline for testing, data generation, optimization, and validation of novel, product-development-ready solutions. "Quercus converges a powerful genAI platform, rapid empirical testing in biologically relevant systems, and seasoned industry scientists who possess a deep practical understanding of what does and doesnt work," said Charlie Bolton, CEO of Solis Agrosciences.