Drylab AI raises US$3 million seed round led by Vertex Ventures SEA & India

Drylab AI raised USD 3 million in a seed round led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India. Singapore-based Drylab builds autonomous AI agents that learn from multimodal lab data to validate scientific hypotheses and run computational experiments. PatSnap joined the round to support Drylab’s expansion in pharmaceutical and biotech R&D through its data, AI capabilities, and life sciences network. Proceeds will fund enterprise sales hiring, engineering and biology team growth, security and compliance work for large research customers. Founded in 2025, Drylab launched commercially in February 2026, signing paying customers across pharma, research institutes, and universities in the US, Europe, Asia. Disclaimer: This news brief was created by Public Technologies (PUBT) using generative artificial intelligence. While PUBT strives to provide accurate and timely information, this AI-generated content is for informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as financial, investment, or legal advice. Vertex Ventures SEA Management Pte Ltd published the original content used to generate this news brief on October 13, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained the