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CytoVerse: Single-Cell AI Foundation Models in the Browser

Currie, R.; Gonzalez Ferrer, J.; Mostajo-Radji, M. A.; Haussler, D.

2026-01-30 bioinformatics
10.64898/2026.01.29.702554 bioRxiv
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Mapping single-cell datasets to large atlases is often hindered by server constraints and privacy concerns. We present CytoVerse, a framework that runs scRNA-seq Foundation Models (scFM) entirely in the browser. Three key contributions enable this: (1) deploying models via ONNX without server side compute; (2) using compressed indexing (IVFPQ) to search a more then 20 million cell reference from the client; and (3) a lightweight protocol for sharing embeddings across consortia without exposing raw data. CytoVerse thereby provides a scalable, privacy preserving framework for distributed single-cell analysis.

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