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RXRX

Analysis as of: 2026-01-13

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Clinical-stage TechBio company combining automated wet labs and machine learning to discover and develop medicines and run partnered discovery programs.

ai automation biotech healthcare software

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Summary

Execution test: first clinical proof to scalable platform revenue

The upside case is a transition from milestone-lumpy R&D services to a repeatable TechBio factory plus a first commercial launch. The downside is that weak follow-up data and dilution keep valuation pinned to cash runway.

Analysis

Thesis

RXRX can compound if it turns REC-4881 into a clear registrational path and then “productizes” its automated discovery + model stack into repeatable partner/enterprise revenue (not just milestones), shifting valuation from cash-runway biotech to a scaled TechBio platform with first meaningful commercial revenue by 2030.

Last Economy Alignment

Strong fit to an AI-driven economy: it owns data-generation throughput (automation) plus model iteration loops and a pharma partner network; the gating item is clinical proof, not software capability.

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Opportunity Outlook

Average Implied 5-Year Multiple

4.1x (from 5 most recent analyses)

Reasoning

The setup is a re-rating from “AI narrative + cash burn” to “repeatable factory economics”: one credible near-term drug path (REC-4881) plus multiple ways to monetize the platform (bigger partnered scope, trial-design/data products, and standardized internal-to-external tooling). CEO transition also raises odds of portfolio focus and cost discipline, which matters as capital markets price execution over vision.

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Risk Assessment

Overall Risk Summary

The dominant risk is clinical translation (REC-4881 and follow-on oncology assets). Second is business-model proof: converting bespoke, milestone-heavy partnerships into repeatable, high-confidence platform revenue before dilution erodes per-share upside. Third is competitive convergence as AI discovery becomes cheaper and pharma brings more capability in-house.

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Trends

Key Changes

2026-01-06: Announced JPM Healthcare Conference presentation (new CEO as presenter).
2026-01-12: Filed an 8-K referencing an updated investor presentation for JPM (content not fully reviewed here due to access limits).
Stock closed 2026-01-13 at 4.69; market cap snapshot indicates a modest rebound vs late-2025 lows.

Thesis update

CEO transition completed and near-term messaging emphasizes execution discipline; core thesis (clinical proof + repeatable platform monetization) unchanged.

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Third Party Analyst Consensus

12-Month Price Target

$7.14

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