Asteromorph develops a foundation model, Spacer, that it says combines a base LLM with deep domain knowledge and multi-step reasoning to autonomously generate research ideas and scientific hypotheses in biology and chemistry. Its flagship initiative, the "Library Project," aims to run the autonomous system at scale to uncover fundamental mechanisms of life and compile findings into a structured database. The company emphasizes autonomous hypothesis generation and end-to-end scientific workflows rather than solely assisting human researchers. Leadership includes CEO Lee Min-hyung, who entered advanced research training early, and a core team of young researchers from top Korean STEM programs. Financially, Asteromorph has raised a $31.4M seed round and previously raised approximately ₩5 billion. The company faces the challenge of validating model-generated discoveries through rigorous experimental work at scale.

Total raised

$32M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

May 2026