Digitizing smell to give everyone a chance at a better life.

In this new era, computers will generate smells like we generate images and sounds today.

To fulfill this vision, Osmo is bringing together an accomplished, multidisciplinary team to build on its world-class research.

The Osmo team has expertise spanning machine learning, sensory neuroscience, data science, engineering, fine fragrance, analytical chemistry, and product development.

History

Before Osmo, our team was led by Alex Wiltschko at Google Research, where we used cutting-edge machine learning to build the foundations of Osmo’s map of smell.

01

Using Graph Neural Networks to achieve a major breakthrough in predicting the smell of a molecule from its structure

02

Creating new molecules no one had ever smelled before and predicting them with superhuman accuracy

03

Designing molecules that smell bad to mosquitoes (e.g. insect repellents) and are more potent than DEET in human trials

With the team’s work at Google Research validated over years, the best path for realizing the mission of digitizing smell would be through a separate startup, Osmo, dedicated to tackling the unique challenges to come.

Investors

With individual investors including:
Thomas Reardon
Rich Miner
Henry R. Kravis
Jeff Dean
Soumith Chintala
Hugo Barra
Moore Strategic Ventures
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Alexa Fund
Arena Holdings
Two Sigma
Exor

Alex Wiltschko

Founder and CEO

Alex Wiltschko

Founder and CEO

Eliot Pence

Chief Business Officer

Eliot Pence

Chief Business Officer

Rohinton Mehta

SVP of Hardware and Manufacturing

Rohinton Mehta

SVP of Hardware and Manufacturing

Richard Whitcomb

CTO

Richard Whitcomb

CTO

Andrew Patron

Senior Vice President Small Molecule Discovery

Andrew Patron

Senior Vice President Small Molecule Discovery

Christophe Laudamiel

Master Perfumer

Christophe Laudamiel

Master Perfumer

Ben Amorelli

Synthetic Chemistry

Ben Amorelli

Synthetic Chemistry

Rick Gerkin

Neuroscience & Machine Learning

Rick Gerkin

Neuroscience & Machine Learning

Karen Mak

Software

Karen Mak

Software

Laurianne Paravisini

Analytical Chemistry

Laurianne Paravisini

Analytical Chemistry

Wesley Qian

Machine Learning

Wesley Qian

Machine Learning

Lily Zhao

Sensory Science

Lily Zhao

Sensory Science

Chase Buchholz

Commercial

Chase Buchholz

Commercial

Eric Gust

Human Resources

Eric Gust

Human Resources

Akima Khuong

Lab Operations

Akima Khuong

Lab Operations

Kaitlin McGill

Marketing & Communications

Kaitlin McGill

Marketing & Communications

Harry Pellerin

Finance & Operations

Harry Pellerin

Finance & Operations

Versha Prakash

Chief of Staff

Versha Prakash

Chief of Staff

Jimmer Shaw

Machine Learning & Platform

Jimmer Shaw

Machine Learning & Platform

Henry Valk

Ingredients, Fragrance & Insect Control

Henry Valk

Ingredients, Fragrance & Insect Control

Brian Boso

Former CTO, Smiths Detection

Brian Boso

Former CTO, Smiths Detection

Ryan P. Adams

Professor at Princeton University

Ryan P. Adams

Professor at Princeton University

John Patrick Cunningham

Assistant Professor of Statistics, Columbia University

John Patrick Cunningham

Assistant Professor of Statistics, Columbia University

Chris Brown

Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder at 908 Devices

Chris Brown

Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder at 908 Devices

Joel Mainland

Olfactory Neuroscientist

Joel Mainland

Olfactory Neuroscientist

Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Toronto

Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Toronto