Life Sciences Agents Are Going Corporate
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-07-10
- Citing a report from Science, a new workflow is emerging that uses agentic AI to autonomously drive life sciences research, accelerating discoveries.
- The thread adds a timeline: Biomni appeared on arXiv 13 months ago and was open-sourced on GitHub 11 months ago; Phylo, a company built on Biomni, launched 5 months ago and raised $13.5 million in funding.
- The key takeaway: this research isn't brand new; it has already transitioned from papers and open-source projects to commercialization and practical application.
Related event: Biomni: General Biomedical AI Agent Published in Science(10 posts)→
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