Key facts
- Geodesic Intelligence released NovaAtom-Lite, an AI model that predicts structures and interactions of biomolecules.
- Founder Quanquan Gu said the model topped a third-party benchmark in several drug discovery tasks.
- The firm claims NovaAtom-Lite outperforms state-of-the-art systems, per Gu's social media post.
Geodesic Intelligence, a venture founded by former ByteDance artificial intelligence scientist Quanquan Gu, has released a life sciences AI model called NovaAtom-Lite, the firm said. The model is designed to predict the structures and interactions of biomolecules.
Gu said on social media on November 11, 2026, that NovaAtom-Lite topped a third-party benchmark called FoldBench in several drug discovery tasks. The firm claims the model outperforms state-of-the-art systems, a claim that has not been independently verified.
The release adds to competition in AI-driven drug discovery. The report did not provide further details on the benchmark results or the model's performance metrics.