BioRender
BioRender makes web-based software that helps researchers and life-sciences teams create publication-ready scientific figures, with AI tools, 50,000+ icons and collaboration features.
BioRender is a software company that builds tools for visual science communication. Its web-based platform enables researchers, students and life-sciences teams to produce accurate, publication-ready scientific figures without advanced drawing or design skills. The product combines a library of more than 50,000 expert-vetted icons and thousands of templates with figure-building tools, graphing and data-analysis functions, collaboration workspaces, and workflows for scientific posters and presentations. A second product, Leo by BioRender, is an AI agent that plans layouts, builds editable scientific figures, applies BioRender styling and refines individual visual elements.
The company was founded in Toronto in 2017 by Shiz Aoki, Katya Shteyn and Ryan Marien. It reports more than 4 million scientists using the platform worldwide, and figures created in BioRender have appeared in hundreds of thousands of publications. The customer base spans life sciences, academia and research, pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, and scientific publishing.
Engineering and product work covers AI-powered figure generation, web-based design and illustration software, graphing and data analysis, collaboration software, and scientific visualisation and iconography. BioRender operates as a remote-first company with global reach, and counts Y Combinator among its investors. Its stated mission is to accelerate the world's ability to learn, discover and communicate science.