Stageunfunded
Raised$0
Founded2024
Employees3
LocationCambridge, MA
About
Riboway Therapeutics is a Boston-based biotech leveraging AI to decode RNA biology and develop RNA-targeted therapeutics. We aim to revolutionize how targets are drugged and make every protein druggable. Our smart RNA-targeting technology enables precise control of protein expression and function—upregulating, downregulating, activating, or inhibiting proteins as needed.
Product
- Value proposition
- Specializes in controlling how proteins are made by targeting RNA with an AI-based platform to upregulate, downregulate, activate, or inhibit target proteins for therapeutic needs.
Founders
- Dr. Qinghong (Avery) Yan — Founder & CEO
- Dr. Sebastien Weyn — Co-founder and RNA computation lead
- Lijun Wu — Co-founder and advisor
Categories
biotechRNA therapeuticsgene regulationAI-driven drug discovery
Products
Lead program targeting genetic cause of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2)ASO designed to activate a transcription factor
Key features
AI-based platform decodes RNA regulation to identify druggable anglessmart RNA-targeting technology to upregulate/downregulate/activate/inhibit proteinsvalidated 5 of 5 targets attempted
Technologies
AI-based RNA regulation decodingRNA-targeting therapeuticsantisense oligonucleotides (ASO)
Target conditions
neurodegenerative diseasesmetabolic diseasesSpinocerebellar Ataxia Type 2 (SCA2)
Traction metrics
lead program progressing toward IND upon fundingvalidated 5/5 targets
News
- Riboway Therapeutics - LinkedIn · 2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Riboway Therapeutics: Redefining the undruggable - Bio.News · 2025-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Network | Biotech Startup Community at LabCentral · 2025-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Inside the AI BioHub: Meet the Inaugural Cohort - LabCentral · 2025-08-19T00:00:00.000Z
- The Innovation Space Kicks Off First Sector-Specific Science Inc ... · 2025-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
- WIB-Greater Boston: 10th Annual Lobster Pot Pitch Event · 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
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Profile updated Jul 29, 2026. Sources: riboway.com
