One Month in an AI Team at a Chemical & Bio Giant
IndraVahan · x · 2026-07-15
The author shares their experience of joining the AI team at one of the world's largest chemical and biotechnology companies last month.
Over the past month, they spent a massive amount of time learning about polymers, ligands, and reaction mechanisms, all to build AI systems that genuinely help scientists push their work forward. They emphasize that AI practitioners are often thrown into entirely new fields and must quickly learn to "speak the language"—which is exactly what they love most about working in AI.
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