EvolutionaryScale

EvolutionaryScale, backed by Amazon and Nvidia, raises $142 million for protein-generating AI | TechCrunch

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A relatively new startup called EvolutionaryScale has secured a huge amount of funding to build AI models that can generate new proteins for scientific research. EvolutionaryScale said Tuesday it has raised $142 million in a seed round led by ex-GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross and Lux ​​Capital, with participation from Amazon and NVentures, Nvidia’s … Read more

Meta AI Mafia strikes again: EvolutionaryScale secures $142 million in seed funding

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In August 2023, as part of Mark Zuckerberg’s “year of efficiency” that led to more than 20,000 layoffs, Meta disbanded a research team of a dozen scientists who had trained a large AI language model for biology. But Alexander Rives, who led the research cohort known as Meta’s “AI protein team,” wasn’t deterred by Meta’s … Read more