OpenAI 員工離職,放棄安全研究轉向價值 20 億美元的 AI 藥物發現
openai 研究員 miles wang 離職,籌集 2 億美元創辦估值 20 億的 ai 藥物發現初創公司。這表明風投正從通用大模型轉向高價值的生物技術應用。
openai researcher miles wang is in talks to raise $200 million at a $2 billion valuation for a new ai drug discovery startup, with lightspeed venture partners leading the round. wang, who joined openai in 2024 after dropping out of harvard, aims to develop models that identify new uses for existing drugs to shorten the time to revenue. this exit coincides with a booming market for generative biology, chai discovery recently raised $400m at a $3.8b valuation, and isomorphic labs secured $2.1b in may. the flurry of funding indicates that while general llm development faces high costs and monetization hurdles, investors are betting heavily on ai's ability to solve expensive bottlenecks in life sciences.