OpenAI Foundation announces $125M+ in grants for its second science program
owl_posting · x · 2026-09-16
The OpenAI Foundation announced over $125M in grants for its second science program, betting that breakthroughs against disease will come from pairing intelligence with more observations of the world — more data.
The awardees tackle practical yet ambitious problems, including a drug development regulatory knowledge base, cancer vaccines, and hill-climbing approaches to ADMET optimization.
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