Our name was born from reading this passage of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in which Zarathustra closes the same song seven times with the ring of rings, the one that joins the beginning to the end. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and omega the last. Together they sum up an idea we made our own: embracing something whole, from beginning to end.
That idea fits the disease we have chosen. Autoimmunity is multifactorial, evolves over time and runs across specialties, consultations and years of diagnosis. Those who live with it, treat it and research it all carry that complexity. Our work is to take it whole and return it simple to those who need it.
To do so we rely on technology, and that is the other half of the name. Neural names the how: powerful, sophisticated systems, built with patience, that range from proteome-scale computation to the tools for patients and clinicians.
In science, that means studying molecular mimicry at proteome scale and presenting every result at its true level of validation. In product, it means tools designed so that a patient understands them from the first day and a clinician can bring them into practice. In research, it means infrastructure that any group can join.
This is how we grow: with a long horizon, from Madrid, with ethics built into every decision. Building with purpose means exactly that, knowing why each thing is done before doing it, from beginning to end.