Eva You — Scientific Partnerships

I build the partnerships and communities that carry frontier science from early research to real-world impact.

I lead scientific partnerships at Advaita Labs, a research lab building sovereign AI foundation models for the life sciences. I am also the co-founder of AuraSci, and previously led decentralized-science and longevity investments at Paramita VC.

Eva You
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Advaita Labs Scientific Partnerships · New York
About

Connecting science, capital, and community.

At Advaita Labs, I lead scientific partnerships — connecting research institutions, frontier laboratories, and enterprise partners to our work. The lab builds sovereign AI foundation models for the life sciences: systems designed to model, simulate, and accelerate scientific discovery from the genome to the clinic.

I am also the co-founder of AuraSci, which I have built into two things — a decentralized-science community active across more than ten countries, and funding infrastructure for early-stage research, directing grants and support to independent scientists and projects the traditional system overlooks.

Earlier, I led decentralized-science and longevity investments at Paramita VC, sourcing and backing pioneering work in decentralized research and scientific infrastructure. Across every role, my objective remains constant: to compress the distance between scientific discovery and its impact on human life.

Scientific Partnerships
Advaita Labs

Sovereign AI foundation models for the life sciences — accelerating discovery from the genome to the clinic.

Co-Founder
AuraSci

A decentralized-science community and funding infrastructure for early-stage research.

Investing · DeSci & Longevity
Paramita VC

Led early-stage investments in decentralized science and longevity.

Areas of Expertise

Four domains where I create leverage.

In each, scientific progress is constrained less by ideas than by funding, data, and coordination — the precise gap my work closes.

01 — AI FOR SCIENCE

Modeling biology before the bench

Advancing the foundation models and computational tools that allow biology to be simulated and tested before the most expensive experiments — and aligning the institutions, data, and compute that make them useful in practice.

02 — DECENTRALIZED SCIENCE

New infrastructure for research

Building open, community-owned scientific infrastructure — grant programs, data networks, and global communities that fund and de-risk the early research the traditional system overlooks. The work I am most recognized for.

03 — LONGEVITY & HEALTH

The science of healthspan

Supporting research and ventures focused not only on longer life, but healthier life — spanning capital, funding, and ecosystem development from genomics to clinical translation.

04 — PARTNERSHIPS & CAPITAL

Connecting the ecosystem

Convening universities, frontier laboratories, governments, and founders into durable networks — and directing capital toward the teams positioned to deploy it most effectively.

Experience

A track record at the frontier.

Advaita Labs · Scientific Partnerships

Present

Lead the partnerships behind a research lab building sovereign AI foundation models for the life sciences — systems that model, simulate, and accelerate discovery from the genome to the clinic. Connect research institutions, frontier laboratories, and enterprise partners into a working ecosystem around the lab's models and platforms.

AuraSci · Co-Founder

2023 – Present

Co-founded and scaled AuraSci into two complementary pillars: a decentralized-science community active across more than ten countries, and funding infrastructure for early-stage research. Convened flagship conferences and hackathons engaging 10,000+ researchers and contributors, and built grant programs deploying $100K+ to independent scientists and projects.

Paramita VC · DeSci & Longevity Investing

From 2023

Led early-stage investments in decentralized science and longevity — sourcing and backing pioneering work in decentralized research and scientific infrastructure. Advised founders, tracked portfolio milestones, and facilitated ecosystem integrations across the firm's investments.

ZKSpace (ZKBase) · Business Development

2021 – 2023

Secured key ecosystem partners across Layer-2 applications and cross-chain infrastructure, led exchange-listing outreach across CEXs and DEXs, and managed end-to-end integrations between technical and business teams.

Selected Impact

Outcomes, in numbers.

10,000+
Researchers & contributors engaged
10+
Countries with active community presence
$100K+
Directed in grants to early-stage builders
26
DeSci projects & communities supported
10+
Flagship events & ecosystem programs
2021
Operating at the frontier since

Flagship programs convened at MIT Media Lab, Harvard, ETH Denver, Edge Esmeralda, and NUS.

For Researchers & Founders

How I support those building at the edge.

For researchers and founders advancing serious work in biology, AI, and longevity, I provide access to the capital, networks, and visibility that early-stage science requires to succeed.

Funding & Capital

Access to non-dilutive grants and early-stage capital through AuraSci and Paramita VC, with strategic guidance on positioning frontier research to reach the right funders.

Networks & Collaboration

Introductions across a global network of universities, laboratories, and frontier hubs — connecting your work to the partners, data, and compute it requires to advance.

Visibility & Community

A platform for your research through international conferences, panels, and a community of more than 10,000 researchers and contributors worldwide.

Contact

Let's advance the frontier of science together.

Whether you are a researcher seeking funding, a founder looking for partners, or an institution building in AI for Science and longevity, I welcome the conversation.