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Virtual Biology Initiative

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As of Oct 7, Google DeepMind, Meta and Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million in Biohub as part of a $1.8 billion effort to build AI datasets for modeling a 'virtual cell', per The Verge, and Isomorphic Labs has joined the Virtual Biology Initiative as a founding member.

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  1. Oct 7
    Official

    Demis Hassabis backs Isomorphic Labs joining the Virtual Biology Initiative as a founding member

    Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said improving medicine and human health is the most important thing AI can be applied to, welcoming the partnership with CZI and the Virtual Biology Initiative. Isomorphic Labs said it has joined the initiative as a founding member to help build an open resource of AI-ready biological data for researchers working to understand and treat disease.

    Source: X @demishassabis
  2. Oct 7
    Reported by The Verge

    Google DeepMind, Meta and Isomorphic Labs put $300M into Biohub's 'virtual cell' effort, per The Verge

    The Verge, citing Reuters, reports that Google DeepMind, Meta and AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million in Biohub, the nonprofit research organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. The money is part of a $1.8 billion initiative to build AI datasets for modeling a 'virtual cell'.

    Source: The Verge
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