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Balto, drug discovery assistant

Cutting-edge molecular simulation with no code

Gather data from across web databases (ChEMBL, BindingDB, and others). Dock the identified molecules in a simple conversation. Get SOTA binding scores and AI-predicted chemical properties in minutes.

Join our 51 'founding chemists' program for free Balto access, exclusive events, and rewards for usage milestones.

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you love waiting on technical expertise to validate ideasyou enjoy 'jumping on a quick call' with salesyou love needlessly wasting company moneyyou would rather buy before you tryyou like to pay for functionality you don't use

Gather data and model protein binding with a world-class docking algorithm in a simple AI-guided conversation.

Gather Data

Gather chemical data, convert PDF to SMILES, summarize and interact with articles.

  • Database Access: Query ChEMBL, BindingDB, PDB, and other chemical databases directly
  • PDF Extraction: Extract molecular structures and data from scientific papers
  • Data Enrichment: Automatically annotate and enrich your compound libraries
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Early Access Program

Founding Chemist Program

Help us build the best forever-free AI assistant for drug discovery researchers. Free access, community, swag, and special events for early adopters.

Feature Included Monthly Additional Usage
Monthly Subscription Free
Core Tools Free
Premium Tools
Docking 30 dockings $0.10/extra docking
Pocket Finder 2 pose predictions $5/extra pose prediction
PDF Analysis 50 pages $0.06/extra page
Solubility (LogS) 30 predictions $0.01/extra prediction
Lipophilicity (LogP) 30 predictions $0.01/extra prediction
Distribution (LogD) 30 predictions $0.01/extra prediction
hERG inhibition 30 predictions $0.01/extra prediction
CYP binding 30 predictions $0.01/extra prediction
Ames mutagenicity 30 predictions $0.01/extra prediction

An AI Assistant is only as good as its tools

Enrichment in top 1% of returned hits

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You'll need 10x fewer wet lab experiments with Deep Origin compared to Vina

Enrichment Factor at 1% (EF1%) on DEKOIS 2.0

LogP Prediction (RMSE)

RankMethodRMSE
1 OCHEM 0.34
2 Deep Origin 0.449
3 DNN (taut) 0.47
4 DNN (mono) 0.5
5 ACD/GALAS 0.5
6 ALOGPS 0.5
7 KOWWIN 0.65
8 JChem 0.72

Ulrich N., Goss K. U., Ebert A. Communications Chemistry. 2021. Vol. 4(1). P. 90.

LogD Prediction (MAE)

RankMethodMAE
1 Deep Origin 0.425
2 Chemprop - RDKit 0.466
3 Chemprop 0.469
4 BaseBoosting 0.479
5 ContextPred 0.535
6 GCN 0.541
7 AttrMasking 0.547
8 NeuralFP 0.563
9 AttentiveFP 0.572

TDC.Lipophilicity_AstraZeneca

LogS Prediction (MAE)

RankMethodMAE
1 Deep Origin 0.525
2 Chemprop-RDKit 0.762
3 AttentiveFP 0.776
4 Chemprop 0.818
5 RDKit2D + MLP 0.827
6 Basic ML 0.828
7 GCN 0.907
8 NeuralFP 0.947
9 CNN (DeepPurpose) 1.023

TDC.Solubility_AqSolDB

Frequently Asked Questions

What algorithms does Balto use for molecular modeling?

Balto uses Deep Origin's proprietary algorithms for docking, properties predictions and finding novel pockets. Balto also relies on a few open-source tools and databases such as MolStar, PDB and ChEMBL.

How do you deal with hallucinations?

Although Balto hallucinations are very rare, it is advisable to verify the information that Balto provides.

What is included in the free trial?

Free trial includes 50 credits. These many credits are enough to: Dock and find poses for up to 410 molecules, Predict up to 910 molecular properties, Find novel pockets for up to 10 proteins, Analyze up to 305 pages of PDF documents. You can also explore countless free actions such as: Pose overlays and protein visualizations, Querying of integrated public databases.

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