Speaker Profile
PMWC LUMINARY AWARD
Built AI-driven platforms for computational biology and drug discovery
Ph.D., CEO and Founder, insitro
Biography
Daphne Koller is CEO and Founder of insitro, a causal AI therapeutics company focused on discovering and advancing novel, transformative medicines. Daphne was the Rajeev Motwani Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where she served on the faculty for 18 years. She was also co-CEO and President of Coursera and Chief Computing Officer of Calico Labs. She authored over 300 refereed publications (h-index >150). Daphne was recognized as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2012 and 100 most influential people in AI in 2024. She received the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2004, the ACM Prize in Computing in 2008, the ACM AAAI Allen Newell Award in 2019, and the AnitaB.org Technical Leadership Abie Award in 2022. Daphne was inducted into the NAS in 2023, into the NAE in 2011 and elected a fellow of the AAAI in 2004, the AAAS in 2014, and the ISCB in 2017.
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Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Alex Morgan, Khosla Ventures & Gad Getz, Broad Institute
PMWC Award Ceremony
• David Baker, University of Washington (Nobel Laureate, Luminary)
Featured Speakers
• David Baker, University of Washington
• Jack Dent, Chai Discovery
• Dimitri Yatsenko, DataJoint
• Evgeny Kiner, Neosplice Therapeutics
• Alex Morgan, Khosla Ventures
• Gad Getz, Broad Institute
Causal Targets, Not Just Better Molecules
Using AI and human biology to improve target selection before chemistry begins.
Data Is the Moat
What proprietary, longitudinal, and perturbational data really confer advantage.
From Prediction to Patient
Patient stratification, smarter trials, and the handoff from model to clinic.
Designed Biology Meets Drug Development
AI-designed proteins, developability, and what survives contact with reality.
The Target Discovery Bottleneck
Why splicing and other underused biology may expand what is druggable.
PMWC Hall of Impact
Previous Speakers Include
Nobel laureates, technology founders, regulators, CEOs and scientific pioneers who have taken the PMWC stage.
