Sophia Genetics raises $30 million to help doctors diagnose using AI and genomic data

Sophia Genetics, a big data analytics company that's using artificial intelligence (AI) to help medical professionals diagnose and treat patients through genomic analysis, has raised $30 million in a round of funding led by Balderton Capital, with participation from 360 Capital Partners, Invoke Capital, and Alychlo. Founded out of Switzerland in 2011, Sophia Genetics sells itself as "the most advanced artificial intelligence AI for data-driven medicine." Its platform learns from thousands of patients' genomic profiles to improve and expedite patient diagnosis across oncology, hereditary cancer, metabolic disorders, pediatrics, and cardiology. The company said that its AI technology is currently being used by more than 300 hospitals in 53 countries, and it has already analyzed the genomic profiles of more than 125,000 patients. Prior to now, Sophia Genetics had raised around $30 million in funding, and with its latest cash injection the company said that it plans to further develop its technology, recruit top talent, and grow hospitals' adoption of clinical genomics testing.