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OpenAI Researcher Miles Wang in Talks to Launch $2B AI Drug Discovery Startup

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechCrunch AI ·

Miles Wang, an OpenAI researcher, is reportedly in discussions to launch an AI drug discovery startup valued at $2 billion. Lightspeed is in talks to lead the funding round, according to sources. The venture aims to apply AI to accelerate pharmaceutical development.

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The $2B valuation before any product launch underscores the AI gold rush in biotech, but drug discovery remains notoriously hard to de-risk.
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