Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital twins’ of humans to help solve medicine’s data availability problem

Mantis Biotech is tackling the data scarcity issue in biomedical research by creating physics-based “digital twins” of the human body. Their platform integrates data from various sources – textbooks, sensors, imaging – and uses LLMs and a physics engine to generate predictive models of anatomy, physiology, and behavior. These twins can be used for testing procedures, training robots, and simulating medical issues, particularly in edge cases like rare diseases where real-world data is limited. The company has already found success in professional sports, such as with an NBA team, analyzing athlete performance. Mantis recently raised $7.4 million in seed funding to expand its team and platform, with plans to target preventative healthcare and pharmaceutical research.

(Source：TechCrunch)