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Living Models

Foundation AI models that read plant DNA to find genes behind crop traits

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Pricing · FreemiumRising
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Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Rising
Market trend

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The Brief

What Living Models does

Living Models builds foundation models for biological sequence data, starting with plants. Its flagship model, BOTANIC-1, is trained on DNA from 320 plant species and learns to recognize gene boundaries, splice sites, and regulatory motifs so it can rank candidate genetic variants likely responsible for a given trait. The company says this helps seed and breeding companies and agricultural researchers narrow down causal mutations among thousands of candidates in crop genetics research, and it offers commercial research evaluations on partners' own data.

How Living Models compares with its closest alternatives

2 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Living Models does. All 5 offer an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Living Models. Living Models offers a web app and a self-hosted version. Of the 2 alternatives with platforms on record, none offers a web app and all 2 offer a self-hosted version. Living Models was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2017 and 2024, 1 of them earlier. Living Models is based in Paris, France; none of its 5 alternatives is in France. They are in the United States, Germany, Japan and elsewhere.

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How Living Models compares in AI Models

Living Models has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Living Models's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Living Models compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Living ModelsFounded 2023 · Paris, FranceHighOpenFreemium—YesNoWeb, Self-hostedRising
SynthefyFounded 2023 · Austin, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPI, Self-hostedRising
AUIFounded 2017 · New York, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIRising
Prior LabsFounded 2024 · Freiburg, GermanyHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPI, Self-hostedRising
Sakana AIFounded 2023 · Tokyo, JapanHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIHot
Tencent HunyuanFounded 2023 · Shenzhen, ChinaHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Living Models exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Foundation ModelGenomic Sequence AnalysisVariant Ranking
Industry Verticals
AgtechBiotech
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Questions

Living Models: common questions

Is Living Models free?

Living Models has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Living Models?

The closest alternatives to Living Models that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Synthefy, AUI, Prior Labs, Sakana AI, and Tencent Hunyuan.

Is Living Models still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Living Models as operating at livingmodels.ai.

Where is Living Models based?

Living Models is headquartered in Paris, France.

Does Living Models have an API?

FalcoScan's records show no public API for Living Models.

Who is Living Models for?

Living Models is built for seed companies, agricultural researchers, and breeding companies.

How do I sign in to Living Models?

Sign in on Living Models's own website, livingmodels.ai. FalcoScan reviews Living Models but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Living Models directly.

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