The Novarna Platform

The AI Design Engine for the Next Generation of RNA Therapeutics.

A generative AI design system, paired with an in-house wet lab in a continuous feedback loop — producing novel RNA candidates faster, cheaper, and with greater precision than any existing approach.

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Why now

RNA drug discovery is still largely a guessing game.

Traditional RNA therapeutic development relies on iterative screening, trial-and-error synthesis, and expensive wet lab cycles that can take years to yield a viable candidate. The tools that exist today predict — they don’t design. Novarna was built to change that.

Our platform

Two systems. One integrated design loop.

The Novarna platform is built on two complementary pillars: NovaEngine™ (AI design system) and NovaLab™ (wet lab validation infrastructure). Together, they form a closed feedback loop that gets smarter with every cycle.

AI Design System

NovaEngine — Designed to generate. Built to predict. Trained to improve.

Our 4th-generation AI, purpose-built for RNA. Generates entirely novel RNA sequences optimized for a target from the ground up.

  • 3D RNA tertiary structure prediction
  • RNA:target interaction modeling
  • Novel sequence generation (NovaGen)
  • Folding and docking prediction (DeepFoldRNA, NovaFold_2D)
  • Feature enrichment (NovaFM)
DesignsNovel sequences →
Learns← Proprietary SHAPE/SELEX data retrains AI
Wet Lab Validation

NovaLab — Validation that closes the loop and builds the moat.

Our in-house wet lab generates proprietary experimental data that trains the AI on real-world biological feedback.

  • Mapping and synthesis of AI-generated candidates
  • Functional validation in cellular assays
  • In vitro experimentation
  • Pooled screening and structural characterization

Every experiment NovaLab runs becomes training signal. The platform gets better every time it works.

The Novarna advantage

The better we get, the faster you move.

Higher
Success rate — more programs yield viable candidates than conventional RNA discovery
Faster development cycles — from target to ranked candidates
0%
Proprietary training data — no external datasets can replicate it
How we work with you

Design-as-a-Service. On your target. On your timeline.

Rapid Discovery

Focused pilot against a specific target. Ideal for proof-of-concept and platform validation.

Optimized Lead

Extended design and validation cycles delivering optimized, preclinical-ready candidates.

Discovery Partnership

Multi-year co-development with milestone and royalty structures aligned from discovery through commercialization.

Case study

University of Michigan — DiFeo Lab

Novarna partnered with the University of Michigan DiFeo Lab to design RNA candidates against a live ovarian cancer target. The DiFeo Lab tested them in their own facility. The designs outperformed a commercially available treatment for the same target, and produced new molecule types with patent potential.

Results

Wet lab results — confirmed by the DiFeo Lab at the University of Michigan. Not a simulation. Not self-reported.

Outperformed commercial treatmentPatent-eligible compositions from AI designMultifunction RNA design capability demonstrated
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Let’s design for it

Have a target? We’ll design for it.

Share your target with our science team — we’ll scope a program against your specific biology.