AI Tool Comparison
Comparing as AI Medical Research & Clinical Decision SupportTempus AI vs Recursion Pharmaceuticals
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Pricing
CustomTempus operates multiple revenue streams with different access models.
Clinical genomic tests (xT, xG, xR, xF, xE) are ordered by physicians through the standard laboratory test ordering process. Pricing varies by test type and is typically covered by insurance for oncology patients. Tempus works directly with health systems to integrate ordering into EHR workflows.
Enterprise data platform access, Algos population health analytics, and biopharma research partnerships are priced through custom enterprise licensing agreements. Biopharma companies license Tempus's de-identified patient datasets and analytical services for drug development and clinical trial design.
Tempus is publicly traded on NASDAQ (ticker: TEM) since June 2024. Investor and enterprise partnership inquiries can be directed through tempus.com.
CustomRecursion operates through three revenue streams: pharma collaboration agreements, data licensing, and its own internal drug pipeline.
Pharma partnerships (Roche/Genentech, Sanofi) are structured as multi-year agreements with upfront payments and milestone-based payments tied to program progress. Recursion has earned $500M+ in cumulative milestones to date, with $134M from Sanofi alone.
Data licensing allows external researchers and pharma companies to access Recursion's proprietary biology maps and phenomics datasets for their own target discovery programs.
Recursion's own clinical programs (REC-4881, REC-1245, REC-4539) will generate revenue through future partnering, co-development, or commercialization deals as they advance through clinical trials. Total 2025 revenue: $74.7M. Contact Recursion through recursion.com for partnership inquiries.
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Summary
AI precision medicine platform — genomic profiling, clinical insights, and trial matching for personalized cancer care
AI-native drug discovery OS with industrial-scale automated labs and $500M+ in pharma partnerships
Tempus AI Pros & Cons
Pros
- Publicly traded (NASDAQ: TEM) — one of the most credible precision medicine AI companies
- 7M+ de-identified patient records — one of the world's largest clinical-molecular datasets
- Comprehensive genomic testing across 6 test types covering all major oncology applications
- Tempus One AI provides real-time clinical insights at the point of care
- TIME Trial dramatically improves clinical trial matching and enrollment rates
- 3,800+ employees and $8.79B total capital raised since founding
- Expanding beyond oncology into neuropsychiatry, cardiology, and infectious disease
Cons
- Enterprise and institutional pricing — not accessible to individual clinicians or small practices
- Focused primarily on oncology and genomics — not a general-purpose clinical AI tool
- Genomic test turnaround requires laboratory processing time
- Data platform access and licensing requires formal agreements
- Some AI insights require institutional genomic data infrastructure to fully leverage
Recursion Pharmaceuticals Pros & Cons
Pros
- $500M+ in pharma partnership milestones — most validated AI drug platform by commercial revenue
- Recursion OS is the most vertically integrated AI drug discovery system — biology to clinic in one platform
- Industrial-scale automated labs generate data no other company can replicate
- Phase 2 FAP clinical proof of concept — 53% polyp reduction — FDA registration discussions began
- Roche/Genentech and Sanofi as partners — two of the world's top 5 pharma companies
- Exscientia acquisition in 2024 added cutting-edge small molecule AI design capabilities
- Cash runway guided into early 2028 — disciplined capital allocation
Cons
- Stock (RXRX) is below $5 — significant market skepticism on timeline to commercial drugs
- Operating cash burn of ~$390M in 2026 — needs continued capital or milestone payments
- Acquired Exscientia in 2024 — integration complexity and added operational overhead
- No approved drugs yet — clinical proof of concept still early stage
- Proprietary platform requires industrial-scale automation infrastructure that can't be self-built