Vertex Exec Says 50 AI Firms Produced No Usable Drugs, as Gurley Warns of AI Hype

VC Bill Gurley cited Vertex Pharmaceuticals' executive chairman Jeff Leiden, who said roughly 50 AI companies failed to produce a single usable new drug, calling AI hype narratives "total nonsense."

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