Decade is an Applied AI Lab rethinking cancer from first principles.

Cancer medicines typically take a decade to create but often provide only a few incremental months of survival. Our goal is to create medicines in months that help patients live for decades.

Decade is starting from three ideas:

Cancer evolves. Cancer cells evade the immune system, adapt to treatment and compete with each other. This is the main reason treatment fails.
AI enables speed. Sequencing lets us see cancers evolve. With AI, we will be able to design medicines to keep pace with disease.
The clinic is the eval. Patient data are the readout that matters and clinical cycle time sets the pace of learning. We prioritize methods that enable rapid clinical feedback.

Our strategy is not to use AI to model biology for its own sake, but to engineer toward the endpoints patients care about.

Founders

Devin Scannell, Ph.D.

Co-Founder and CEO

Devin has spent his career integrating AI and biology or developing cancer therapeutics. At Flagship Pioneering, he built companies that use AI and automation to unlock new biology at scale. At Zymergen, a pioneer in applying AI/ML to biology, he led the therapeutics business which he focused on cancer and also led partnerships with Genentech and Boehringer Ingelheim. Earlier he advised pharma and biotech clients across the oncology landscape, including cancer vaccines, ADCs, and radiopharmaceuticals. He has extensive M&A experience and has raised capital from pre-seed to IPO.

Devin received a Ph.D. in computational genomics from Trinity College Dublin.
Brian Naughton, Ph.D.

Co-Founder and CTO

Brian combines many of the disciplines at the core of Decade: genomics, machine learning, AI protein design, and oncology therapeutics. He co-founded and served as CTO of Hexagon Bio, a preclinical antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) company focused on oncology and backed by TCG and others. While there, his machine learning team led the search for novel, potent payloads that can overcome cancer resistance. Earlier, Brian was Founding Scientist at 23andMe, where he led the creation of the Personal Genome Service and helped grow the company to over half a million customers. He is a recognized expert on AI protein design.

Brian received a Ph.D. in biomedical informatics from Stanford University.

Advisors

Alex Rubinsteyn, Ph.D.

Professor of Genetics and Computational Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and co-director of the Personalized Immunotherapy Research Lab

Prof. Rubinsteyn is a principal developer of MHCflurry, the open-source model that predicts which tumor peptides are displayed on the surface of cells for immune surveillance. At Mount Sinai, he helped start three personalized cancer vaccine trials. In September 2026, the OpenAI Foundation awarded $40 million to UNC Lineberger for work he co-leads to develop open datasets and AI models that select better targets for individualized medicines.

Prof. Rubinsteyn received a Ph.D. in computer science from New York University.
Martin Pačesa, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Advanced Biological Therapeutics in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Zurich

Prof. Pačesa develops methodologies for the study and design of biomolecular interactions for research and therapeutic use. He is the lead developer of BindCraft, an open-source deep learning pipeline for de novo protein binder design, published in Nature. BindCraft is now one of the most widely used tools for binder design, and his lab recently released BindCraft2, which extends design to peptides, antibodies, and VHHs. His honors include the Peter und Traudl Engelhorn Research Prize 2026, the 2026 Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators and a European Research Council Starting Grant.

Prof. Pačesa received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Zurich.
Jason S. Lewis, Ph.D.

Emily Tow Chair at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), Deputy Director of the Sloan Kettering Institute and member of the Molecular Pharmacology Program

Prof. Lewis leads a molecular imaging research program that develops radiopharmaceuticals and multimodality imaging agents and moves them into the clinic. He has authored more than 380 publications, has served as president of both the World Molecular Imaging Society and the Society for Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, and was elected to the National Academy of Inventors in 2025. He is the incoming president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). His honors include the SNMMI Saul Hertz Award, the WMIS Gold Medal, and the ACS Seaborg Award.

Prof. Lewis received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Kent.
Alejandro Bertolet, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and Director of Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Prof. Bertolet's research aims to make radiopharmaceutical therapy precise and personal, guided by the radiation dose that each patient actually receives. His team has developed multiscale dosimetry methods that trace dose from the whole patient down to single cells and DNA. He has authored more than 50 publications. His honors include the Jack Fowler Award from the Radiation Research Society and the John D. Boice, Jr. Young Investigator Award from the NCRP.

Prof. Bertolet received a Ph.D. in radiation biophysics from the Universidad de Sevilla.
Per Greisen, Ph.D.

Chief Scientist of AI Biology at BioMap

Dr. Greisen is an expert in computational protein design, focusing on antibody developability: the properties a protein needs to succeed in the clinic and in manufacturing. As Vice President for Computational Drug Design at Novo Nordisk, he contributed to many programs, including the complex bispecifics denecimig and sutacimig, both now in late-stage clinical development.

Dr. Greisen received a Ph.D. in physics from the Technical University of Denmark and completed postdoctoral training in David Baker's lab at the University of Washington.

Investors

In addition to our institutional investors, we are grateful for investments from Sid Sijbrandij, Anne Wojcicki and Georges Harik.

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 13, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to the website of Decade, Inc. (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you visit our website at https://decade.bio (the “Site”). By visiting our Site, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy, including any additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink.

Please read this policy carefully. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at the information provided at the bottom of this document.

We recognize our obligations under applicable privacy and data protection laws, including the United Kingdom’s Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”), the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the United Kingdom’s General Data Protection Regulation (“UK-GDPR”), in relation to the processing of personal data about clients, prospective clients and other individuals that we obtain through the Site and in connection with the products and services we provide (together, the “Services”). If you are located in the United Kingdom (“UK”) or the European Union (“EU”), this Privacy Notice is for informational purposes only. If you are located in the USA or otherwise outside the UK or EU, by using the Site you consent to the use of your personal data as described herein and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Depending on where you are located and your interactions with us and/or the Service, certain processing of your personal data by us may be subject to the DPA, the GDPR or the UK-GDPR. For example, this may be the case where we process the personal data of users of the Site who are located in the UK and the EU (“UK/EU Processing”). This Privacy Policy makes clear where its disclosures apply to UK/EU Processing. All other disclosures in this Privacy Policy relate to personal data to which the DPA, the GDPR and the UK-GDPR do not apply, as well as to UK/EU Processing as applicable.

2. Information We Receive or Collect

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you:

Send us an email, for example by using the Contact link on the Site, or fill out and submit a contact form if we add one to the Site in the future (in either case, your name, email address, and any message content you include)
Use certain Site functionality that may require that you first provide your name and/or email address
Correspond with us by email or other means

If you choose to not provide any personal information, you may not be able to use certain Site functionality. We do not collect payment information, create user accounts, or process any e-commerce transactions on this Site.

Information Automatically Collected

When you visit the Site from outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the UK and Switzerland, we may collect and store certain deidentified information, including:

Browser type and version
Operating system
Pages visited and time spent on each page
Referring website address
General geographic location (country/city level, not precise location)
Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)

This information is collected through Google Analytics (see Section 4) and is used solely to understand how visitors use our Site so we can improve it. This deidentified information is collected using first party cookies that may be implemented in Site hosting tools and services provided by Google Analytics. This information cannot be used by us to specifically identify you. This deidentified information is collected and processed by Google on behalf of us, and may be used by Google and other third parties as permitted under applicable law. You may be able to disable and/or delete some or all of these cookies. Certain Site functionality may not be available to you if you disable and/or delete certain cookies.

In addition, our website hosting and security service providers automatically record certain technical information in server logs when you visit the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, the pages you request, and the date and time of each request. This information is used only to deliver, secure, and troubleshoot the Site, and to determine the country from which you visit, so that we do not use Google Analytics for visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Respond to inquiries you send us by email or, if we add one in the future, through a contact form
Communicate with you in relation to the Service
Operate, secure, and troubleshoot the Site
Improve and optimize our website based on usage data
Understand our audience and the effectiveness of our content
Investigate any complaints received from you or others about the Service
Comply with legal obligations, including for compliance or regulatory purposes

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes. In certain circumstances we may share your personal data with our affiliates to assist with management and administration of the Service to you and in the course of audits. Your personal data may be shared with companies providing services under contract to us, such as cloud services vendors, research partners and IT hosting and/or IT maintenance providers. We may also disclose your personal data to government authorities and/or law enforcement officials if required for the purposes above, if mandated by law or if required for the legal protection of our legitimate interests in compliance with applicable law.

UK/EU Disclosure: Your personal data may be processed in, and accessed from, jurisdictions outside the UK and/or EU by our affiliates and by the third parties with which we share your personal data. Specifically, your personal data will be transferred to our affiliates and vendors in the USA or otherwise outside of your particular locale. When we transfer your personal data among our affiliates, or to unaffiliated third party organizations, we will do so in accordance with the DPA and the UK-GDPR/GDPR (as applicable), including through the use of standard contractual clauses that have been approved by European Commission or the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO"), a third party's binding corporate rules or where we are entitled to rely on one of the other safeguards permitted by the DPA or the UK-GDPR/GDPR (as applicable) or other applicable law.

4. Google Analytics

This Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). We do not use Google Analytics for visitors located in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland: for those visitors, the Google Analytics code is not loaded and no analytics cookies are set. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and analyze information about Site usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

For more information on how Google uses data collected via this Site, visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy

5. Cookies

The Site uses cookies – small text files stored on your device – only for Google Analytics, and only for visitors located outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

Types of cookies used on this Site:

Analytics cookies (Google Analytics): Used to collect anonymous usage data to help us understand how visitors use the Site

6. Data Retention

Emails and other inquiries you send us, including any future contact form submissions, are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry, unless we have an ongoing relationship or legal obligation to keep the information longer.

Google Analytics data is retained for up to 14 months, in accordance with the data retention setting we select in Google Analytics.

Server logs are retained by our hosting and security service providers for limited periods, in accordance with their own retention practices.

UK/EU Disclosure: We will keep the personal data we process as described in this Privacy Notice to comply with our legal and contractual obligations, or to communicate with you because you still have another connection with us. Where we process personal data for marketing purposes or with your consent, we process the personal data until you ask us to stop and for a short period after that (to allow us to implement your request). We keep a record of the fact that you have asked us not to send you direct marketing or to process your personal data so we can respect your request in future. We may be required by law to hold personal data for specific periods. In other cases, we will retain your personal data for an appropriate period after our relationship ends to protect ourselves from legal claims or to administer our business.

7. Third-Party Links

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of your personal information
Object to or restrict our processing of your data

To exercise these rights, contact us at Contact

UK/EU Disclosure: You are entitled to ask us for a copy of your personal data, to correct, delete or restrict processing of it and to obtain the personal data you provide in a structured, machine-readable format and ask us to share (port) this personal data to other organizations. You may also have the right to object to processing in some circumstances, such as where we rely on our legitimate interests to process your personal data, and the right in some circumstances not to be subject to automated individual decision-making (including profiling).

Where we have asked for your consent, you may withdraw it at any time. If you ask to withdraw your consent to us processing your personal data, this will not affect any processing which has already taken place but this may affect our ability to process your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

These rights may be limited: for example, if fulfilling your request would reveal personal data about another person, where they would infringe the rights of a third party (including our rights) or if you ask us to delete personal data which we are required by law to keep or have compelling legitimate interests in keeping. We will inform you of relevant exemptions we rely upon when responding to any request you make.

If you are not satisfied with our response, or of our processing of your personal data, you have the right to complain to the ICO or a regulator in the country in the EU where you live, work or where you believe the breach of the DPA or the UK-GDPR/GDPR (as applicable) occurred.

If you are making a request for access, we may not be able to provide specific pieces of personal data if the disclosure creates a substantial, articulable and unreasonable risk to the security of your personal data or our systems or networks. If you are making a request for erasure, we will ask that you confirm that you would like us to delete your personal data again before your request is submitted.

If you wish to exercise your rights, we may need to verify your identity. To do so, we will request that you match specific pieces of information you have provided us previously, as well as, in some instances, asking you to provide a signed declaration that you are the individual whose personal data is the subject of the request.

If it is necessary to collect additional information (including personal data) from you, we will use the information only for verification purposes and will delete it as soon as practicable after complying with the request. If you make a request through an authorized agent, we will require written proof that the agent is authorized to act on your behalf. We will process your request within the time provided by applicable law.

If you wish to exercise any of your rights under applicable law, please contact us using the details below.

California Disclosure: Some web browsers send “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no common industry standard for these signals, the Site does not currently respond to them. Google may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use the Site.

10. Security

We have implemented reasonable precautions to protect the information we collect from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please be aware that despite our best efforts, no data security measures can guarantee security.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, without prior notice to you. We may change this Privacy Policy, for example, to reflect changes in our business, including changes to this Site, or changes in applicable laws. Any use of the Site after we change this Privacy Policy is subject to such changes.

12. Contact Us

For the purposes of the GDPR and the UK-GDPR, Decade, Inc. is the controller of the personal data processed through the Site.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

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Terms of Use

Last Updated: October 13, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

This website located at https://decade.bio (the “Site”), is operated by Decade, Inc. (“we,” “our,” or “us”). By visiting our site, you engage in our “Service” and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”, “Terms”), including those additional terms and conditions and policies referenced herein and/or available by hyperlink. These Terms of Use apply to all users of the site, including without limitation users who are browsers, vendors, customers, merchants, and/ or contributors of content.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before accessing or using our website. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the website or use any services. If these Terms of Use are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited to these Terms of Use.

Any new features or tools which are added to the current site shall also be subject to the Terms of Use. You can review the most current version of the Terms of Use at any time on this page.

We reserve the right to update, change or replace any part of these Terms of Use by posting updates and/or changes to our website. It is your responsibility to check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the website following the posting of any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

By agreeing to these Terms of Use, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

2. Use of the Site

You may use the Site for lawful purposes only. You agree not to:

Use the Site in any way that violates applicable local, state, national, or international laws or regulations
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We reserve the right to refuse service (including providing the Service) to anyone for any reason at any time. We reserve the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Service (or any part or content thereof) without notice at any time. We shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for any modification, change, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.

3. Accuracy, Completeness and Timeliness of Information

We are not responsible if information made available on this Site is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this Site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this Site is at your own risk.

This Site may contain certain historical information. Historical information, necessarily, is not current and is provided for your reference only. We reserve the right to modify the contents of this Site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on our Site. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor changes to our Site.

4. Not Medical Advice

The Site provides general information about Decade and its research. Nothing on the Site is medical advice, and nothing on the Site is intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or to recommend any treatment.

The Site does not offer access to any treatment, product, or clinical trial, and contacting us does not create a physician–patient relationship. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions about a medical condition or treatment, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read on the Site. If you think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or emergency services immediately.

5. Contacting Us

You can contact us by email, for example by using the Contact link on the Site. We may also add a contact form to the Site in the future. When you send us an email or submit a contact form, you agree that:

The information you provide is accurate and not misleading
You will not submit spam, fraudulent, or abusive messages
We may use the information provided to respond to your inquiry

Sending us an email or submitting a contact form does not create any contractual relationship between you and us.

6. Intellectual Property

All content on the Site — including text, graphics, logos, images, and design — is the property of Decade, Inc. or its content suppliers and is protected by applicable copyright and trademark laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or create derivative works from any Site content without our express written permission.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that:

The Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure
Any information on the Site is accurate, complete, or current
The Site is free of viruses or other harmful components

Your use of the Site is at your sole risk.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Decade, Inc. shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your access to or use of (or inability to access or use) the Site.

9. Third-Party Links

The Site or the Service may contain links to third-party websites or other resources for your convenience. Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating the content or accuracy and we do not warrant and will not have any liability or responsibility for any third-party resources or websites, or for any other materials, products, or services of third-parties.

We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made in connection with any third-party websites. Please review carefully the third-party’s policies and practices and make sure you understand them before you engage in any transaction.

We do not endorse, control, or take responsibility for the content or practices of any linked sites. Visiting third-party sites is at your own risk. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products or services should be directed to the third-party.

10. Analytics & Tracking

We use Google Analytics to monitor Site usage, except for visitors located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland. By using the Site from outside those regions, you consent to data collection by Google Analytics as described in our Privacy Policy. To opt out, visit:

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11. Modifications to the Site

We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Site, the Service (or any part of them) at any time without notice. We will not be liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension, or discontinuation.

12. User Comments, Feedback, and other Submissions

If, at our request, you send certain specific submissions (for example research project suggestions) or without a request from us you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, ‘comments’), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium or for any purpose any comments that you forward to us without an explicit, mutually agreed expectation of confidentiality.

We are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any comments in confidence (unless we have established an agreement with you providing for confidentiality); (2) to pay compensation for any comments; or (3) to respond to any comments. If you submit unsolicited comments asking for confidential treatment, we reserve the right to refuse such treatment on any reasonable ground (for example, if the information is already in the public domain).

We may, but have no obligation to, monitor, edit or remove content that we determine in our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms of Use.

You agree that your comments will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Service or any related website.

You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments. You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party.

13. Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in San Mateo, CA.

14. Contact Us

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