a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. operates a portfolio of online fashion brands in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and internationally. The company offers dresses, tops, shoes, and accessories for customers between the ages of 15 and 25; dresses for special occasions for customers between 25 and 34; streetwear apparel, footwear, headwear, and accessories for male consumers between the ages of 18 and 35; and streetwear wardrobe staples through its online stores under the Princess Polly, Petal & Pup, Culture Kings, and mnml brands. It also operates physical retail stores. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. is a subsidiary of New Excelerate, L.P.
Nature Biotechnology | Aureka Wins the Global Blinded AI Antibody Benchmark: AI Design Surpasses the Best Experimental Result
Aureka Biotechnologies announced its AuraIDE foundation model won first place in the AIntibody global AI antibody design competition, with results published in Nature Biotechnology.
The winning AI-designed antibody achieved an affinity of 94.7pM, surpassing the best experimental result of 113 pM and representing a 2,000-fold improvement over the parental antibody.
Aureka secured three of the top five spots in the primary challenge, validating the model's ability to replace iterative wet-lab cycles with computation.