What Knowledge3 does

Knowledge3 (K3) is a Boston-headquartered, remote-first software company founded in 2025 that provides a modular FAIR data and knowledge-graph platform-as-a-service targeting Life Sciences organizations in Pharma, Biotech, and Industry Consortia. The platform is organized into three configurable module families — Capture & Context (collection, profiling, alignment, provenance), Build & Validate (mapping, transformation, validation), and Serve & Use (consumption, digital twin) — and supports both RDF Knowledge Graphs and Labelled Property Graphs to allow customers to choose representation by business impact rather than ideology. The underlying 'Synergic Data' methodology pairs FAIR data principles with knowledge graphs to produce self-describing, semantically rich, and portable data assets, and is positioned as the foundation that makes graph-grounded generative and agentic AI reliable and economically viable.

The company monetizes through enterprise services-led engagements rather than disclosed list pricing: prospective customers are routed via a contact form and direct email to strategic services including Bring Your Own Datathons (BYOD), Born FAIR workshops, and Leveraging the World, which are intended to culminate in platform adoption for operational Knowledge Graphs. The go-to-market motion is consultative enterprise field sales targeting R&D, IT, and Data-Science leaders, with progression from workshops and discovery sprints to focused pilots. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and the company is explicitly in an 'early, pre-commercial phase' with 'Early Collaborations' underway rather than booked revenue. The founders — Tom Plasterer, PhD (CEO) and Ivan Stankov, PhD (CTO) — bring decades of enterprise FAIR data and Knowledge Graph delivery inside pharmaceutical and adjacent sectors, and the company operates from Boston, London, Nice, and Dubai.

Name

Knowledge3

Legal name

Knowledge3

Website

https://knowledge3.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Knowledge3 provides a modular FAIR data and knowledge-graph platform-as-a-service for Life Sciences organizations in Pharma, Biotech, and Industry Consortia, delivered through consultative enterprise services that move customers from early collaborations to operational Knowledge Graphs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Knowledge Graph & FAIR Data Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Scientific Data Management & Data Platforms (SDMS/Data Lakehouse for R&D) (HLAGAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise PaaS (App Runtime & Managed Application Platforms) (HDAEAKAB), Knowledge Management & Wikis (BPAMAMAH)

Keywords

• FAIR data platform
• Knowledge graph software
• Life sciences analytics
• Data integration platform
• Semantic data management

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Knowledge3 (K3) sells a modular FAIR data and knowledge-graph Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for Life Sciences organizations. The platform assembles configurable modules — Capture & Context, Build & Validate, and Serve & Use — to operationalize RDF and Labelled Property Knowledge Graphs. The company also delivers strategic consulting services (Bring Your Own Datathons, Born FAIR, Leveraging the World) that onboard customers onto the platform.

Product overview

Knowledge3 offers a modular FAIR data and knowledge-graph Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for Life Sciences organizations. The platform consists of three core modules—Capture & Context, Build & Validate, and Serve & Use—that work together to transform siloed data into synergic, reusable knowledge assets. Complementing the platform are three strategic services: Bring Your Own Datathons (BYOD), Born FAIR, and Leveraging the World, which guide organizations from initial use case definition through FAIR data alignment to operational knowledge graph deployment. The platform supports both RDF Knowledge Graphs and Labelled Property Graphs for flexibility in meeting performance, security, and operational demands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Knowledge3 Platform A modular FAIR data and knowledge-graph Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for Life Sciences organizations. Provides configurable building blocks around knowledge pursuits, process flow, and performance demands, supporting RDF Knowledge Graphs and Labelled Property Graphs for flexibility in performance, security, and operational demands. Designed for R&D, IT, and Data-Science leaders at pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and industry consortia organizations.
• Bring Your Own Datathons (BYOD) A strategic service that begins with key use cases, competency questions, and real or synthetic data, then models and transforms customer data using the Knowledge3 platform, including integration touch points with existing technology stacks, leaving a nascent Knowledge Graph behind. Aimed at Life Sciences organizations starting their FAIR data journey.
• Born FAIR A workshop and follow-on service establishing FAIR data governance patterns that are right-sized for the customer organization, encouraging deep data stewardship. The platform is built around a FAIR data implementation pattern that grows with the organization along its FAIR maturity journey from project onset.
• Leveraging the World A strategic service focusing on establishing appropriate informational and operational metadata standards for interoperability and reusability (the 'IR' in FAIR), easing maintenance and growth while facilitating emergent use cases. Designed for organizations seeking to align their data practices with industry standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces custom code and one-off projects by following strong FAIR practices for operational and information metadata
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ontotext: Graph database and semantic AI platform provider (GraphDB) with a Life Sciences vertical targeting pharma R&D and FAIR data implementations. Overlaps K3 on RDF knowledge graphs, ontology management, and pharma data integration.
• Neo4j: Leading graph database and knowledge graph platform with strong life sciences adoption. Neo4j competes directly with K3 on Labelled Property Graph capabilities, enterprise data integration, and graph-grounded GenAI use cases for pharma R&D.
• Cambridge Semantics: Enterprise knowledge graph and data integration platform (Anzo) serving life sciences and pharma. Directly competes with K3 on RDF/LPG hybrid graphs, ontology-driven data fabrics, and pharma R&D analytics.
• TigerGraph: Native parallel graph database and analytics platform used for enterprise knowledge graphs including life sciences applications. Competes with K3 on scalable graph platforms supporting GenAI and enterprise data integration.
• Dotmatics: Life sciences R&D informatics platform spanning LIMS, ELN, and scientific data management. Overlaps K3 on the FAIR data and pharma R&D workflow layer where knowledge graph infrastructure connects experimental and operational metadata.
• Stardog: Enterprise knowledge graph platform built on RDF/SPARQL with strong semantic and FAIR data capabilities. Stardog's enterprise knowledge graph tooling directly overlaps K3's Capture & Context, Build & Validate, and Serve & Use modules across pharma and life sciences.

Broad incumbents

• Palantir Technologies: Foundry platform has deep penetration in pharma R&D and offers data integration, ontology, and AI capabilities. Represents a well-funded incumbent that could absorb K3's FAIR + GenAI positioning as a feature within its broader data operations suite.
• Informatica: Enterprise data integration, catalog, and governance platform with semantic metadata capabilities. Competes with K3 on FAIR data governance and metadata management for large pharma enterprises as part of a much broader data management portfolio.
• Collibra: Data intelligence platform focused on data catalog, governance, and lineage with semantic capabilities. Overlaps K3 on FAIR-aligned data governance and metadata management for regulated enterprises including life sciences.

Emerging players

• TetraScience: R&D data cloud for life sciences focused on scientific data centralization and FAIR principles. Overlaps K3's Capture & Context layer for pharma/biotech R&D data harmonization, though it focuses more on instrument data than semantic knowledge graphs.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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