Pharma Firms Reject Anthropic's Data Requests, Making Data the Moat for AI Drug Discovery

Hesamation · x · 2026-07-07

A blogger pointed out that Anthropic was unanimously rejected by major pharmaceutical companies when requesting data, arguing this is a primary reason why AI has triumphed in software but has yet to make major scientific discoveries. The analysis suggests pharma companies recognize data as their moat and refuse to hand it over. The blogger further predicts more companies will realize this and turn to open-source solutions to 'own their weights'.

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