Owkin is a French-American startup, backed by Google Ventures among others, that deploys Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Federated Learning for medical research. The company was co-founded in 2016 by Thomas Clozel, a hematologist oncologist and researcher, and Gilles Wainrib, a computer science teacher-researcher at the École Normale Supérieure, and a Stanford University PostDoc.
Over the years, the team at Owkin has developed AI systems to analyze and interpret multimodal medical data, including pathology images, radiology images, genetic data, lab analysis, and clinical outcomes. The company recently announced the launch of a new product -- Virtual Staining, integrated as a feature in Owkin Studio platform.