YC Spring 2026 (P26) company

FinalDose

Programmable DNA drug destroying all cancers, unlocking 80% of targets

About FinalDose

FinalDose is building the first programmable drug - a single smart drug molecule that you can insert any diseased genetic code and it can search and destroy cells upon DNA recognition. Unlocking 80% of undruggable targets today. Starting with all cancers.

Public traction evidence

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  1. LinkedIn

    I'm excited to share that I'm interning at FinalDose (YC P26) as a Software Engineer Intern!

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  2. YouTube

    FinalDose YC Launch - A programmable drug that kills cancer by reading its DNA

    For 60 years, drug discovery has chased proteins. But ~85% of disease drivers don't have a druggable protein, making them unreachable for modern medicine. The deeper issue: most disease doesn't start at the protein, it starts in the DNA that codes for it. We built a...

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    Grey Baker native X post mentioning FinalDose

    FinalDose are developing a programmable drug. If it works, it will provide a platform for fighting all cancers. It's hugely ambitious work and they have the backgrounds to pull it off.