Description of Business	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	Description of BusinessSchrödinger, Inc. (the “Company”) has developed a differentiated, physics-based computational platform that enables discovery of high-quality, novel molecules for drug development and materials applications more rapidly and at a lower cost, compared to traditional methods. The Company's software platform is licensed by biopharmaceutical and industrial companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories around the world. The Company also applies its computational platform to a broad pipeline of drug discovery and development programs in collaboration with biopharmaceutical companies. In addition, the Company uses its platform to advance a pipeline of partnered and wholly-owned drug discovery programs, which the Company refers to as its proprietary drug discovery programs.

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