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Ex-OpenAI science head Kevin Weil launches Warp Sciences with $215M

Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI for Science, has launched Warp Sciences with $215M led by Lightspeed, valuing it at $865M, Bloomberg reported. It is building an automated lab in the US for a drug development step that pharma companies have long outsourced to Chinese firms such as WuXi AppTec. Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI’s science […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Ex-OpenAI science head Kevin Weil launches Warp Sciences with $215M
Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI for Science, has launched Warp Sciences with $215M led by Lightspeed, valuing it at $865M, Bloomberg reported. It is building an automated lab in the US for a drug development step that pharma companies have long outsourced to Chinese firms such as WuXi AppTec. Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI’s science […] This story continues at The Next Web
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