Discovery Engines
Discovery Engines
Podcast Description
Featuring the people and platforms accelerating scientific discovery.
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Content Themes
The podcast covers a variety of topics related to scientific innovation, technology in research, and the deep tech startup ecosystem. Specific episodes explore themes such as the ethics and advancements in animal testing, the cultural shifts in lab automation, and the role of AI in life sciences, with examples including conversations around the founding of Olden Labs and the business structure of Bay Area Lab Automators.
Featuring the people and platforms accelerating scientific discovery. Hosted by Nabil Laoudji. Our newsletter: www.discoveryengines.co
Nicholas Larus-Stone is the Founder & CEO of Sphinx Bio, a startup helping life science labs unlock the full potential of their data to accelerate discovery. He’s also the Founder of Bits in Bio, a global community advancing science through software.
See below for episode links, chapters, and our socials. Hosted by Nabil Laoudji.
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Episode Links:
- Nicholas’ LinkedIn
- Sphinx Bio
- Bits in Bio
- Folding Playground
- Google Co-Scientist Paper
- Recursion
- Defining TechBio
Chapters:
- (00:00) – Preview & Introduction
- (04:34) – Why Biotech & Life Science
- (07:33) – About Small Molecule Discovery Companies Octant & Benevolent AI
- (11:47) – Why Is Software Second in Biotech?
- (14:35) – What Engineers Bring to Biotech
- (16:00) – Is Science Data-Starved or Data Rich?
- (19:23) – How Scientists Work With Data
- (28:10) – Observations That Led to Founding Sphinx Bio
- (31:48) – AI Co-Scientists
- (37:57) – How Platforms like Sphinx Are Powered
- (40:31) – Foundation Model Companies’ Interest in Science
- (43:58) – How Sphinx Leverages AI Models
- (45:59) – Managing Hallucinations
- (47:52) – Scientists: Give AI Another Try
- (49:02) – The Business and Cycles of TechBio
- (53:32) – Google’s Co-Scientist, Notebook LM, and Other Science Ventures
- (57:43) – Protein Folding Playground
- (00:58:58) – “Wrapper” Companies In Era of Foundation Model Commoditization
- (01:01:56) – Bits in Bio Community & Growth
- (01:04:25) – Try Sphinx’s Platform; Work for Sphinx; Support Your Local Scientist
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