Potato Lands $4.5M to Automate Lab Work with AI and Robots
Seattle-based startup Potato has raised $4.5 million in seed funding to accelerate development of its AI platform for automating scientific …
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Tempus, AstraZeneca, and Pathos Partner to Build Oncology Foundation Model Using Multimodal Data
Tempus has announced new multi-year agreements with AstraZeneca and Pathos AI to co-develop what is described as the largest multimodal …
GeneDx to Acquire Fabric Genomics to Enable AI-Powered, Decentralized Genome Interpretation
GeneDx has announced plans to acquire Fabric Genomics, a company specializing in AI-based genomic interpretation, in a move aimed at …
Elix and PRISM BioLab Partner to Tackle Hard-to-Drug Protein Targets with AI
Elix and PRISM BioLab have announced a partnership aimed at advancing drug discovery for protein-protein interaction (PPI) targets—an area long …
Netherlands Outlines 2040 Biotech Vision, Emphasizing Tools, Commercialization, and Regulatory Reform
The Dutch government has released a national strategy to position the Netherlands as a global leader in biotechnology by 2040. …
Sanger and PacBio Launch Long-Read Effort to Decode Immune Gene Activity
A new collaboration between the Wellcome Sanger Institute and Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) will apply long-read, single-cell RNA sequencing to nearly …
Finalists Announced for $10M Coller Dolittle Challenge on AI-Powered Interspecies Communication
The Coller Dolittle Challenge has announced its shortlist of four research teams competing for its inaugural $100,000 annual prize, part …
BayPine Acquires Clinical Trial Network CenExel, Plans Digital Infrastructure and AI Expansion
CenExel Clinical Research, a U.S. site network specializing in complex therapeutic areas such as central nervous system (CNS) disorders, will …
Biostate AI to Develop Predictive Models for Multiple Sclerosis Using Transcriptomic Data
Biostate AI, a startup building AI models from RNA sequencing data, has partnered with the Accelerated Cure Project (ACP) to …
Scotland Launches ‘AI Discovery’ to Foster DeepTech AI Startups for NHS Healthcare Innovation
A new programme titled AI Discovery has been launched in Scotland to bridge advanced academic research with real-world healthcare applications …
FDA Plan to Replace Animal Testing with AI Models and Human-Based Methods in Drug Evaluation Shift
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a major policy change on April 10, 2025, signaling its intent to reduce …
Ingenix.ai Secures €9M to Advance Multimodal AI Foundation Model for Simulating Clinical Trials
Warsaw-based biotech company Ingenix.ai has closed a €9 million funding round to support the development of its proprietary foundation model …