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# News

News and updates from the Strand AI team.

## [Open Lattice predictions on TCGA-COAD](/news/tcga-coad-open-predictions)

August 2026

We published live Lattice predictions on public TCGA colorectal H&E slides. Pan, zoom, and toggle predicted protein channels in the browser. No sign-in.

## [Strand AI on Minute 52](/news/minute-52-podcast)

April 2026

Oded joins Kate Kreuger on the Minute 52 podcast to talk about building Strand AI, YC Demo Day, and spatial proteomics.

## [Introducing Lattice: Spatial Proteomics from H&E](/news/lattice-early-access)

March 2026

We're opening early access to Lattice, our model that predicts spatial protein expression from routine H&E pathology slides. Apply to join our design partner program.

## [Strand AI — YC W26 Launch](/news/yc-launch)

February 2026

We're launching on YC. Strand AI builds the missing data layer for biology foundation models.

## [VariantFormer × 1000 Genomes: Imputed Gene Expression for the Community](/news/1000g-variantformer)

January 2026

We ran CZI Biohub's VariantFormer on 538 new 1000 Genomes samples to generate free imputed RNA expression data — 37× faster on cheaper GPUs.