Radical Numerics adds ex-NNSA chief Jill Hruby, Paul Friedrichs as biodefense advisors
exnx · x · 2026-10-20
Generative genomics startup Radical Numerics announced Jill Hruby (former NNSA Administrator, first woman to lead a US nuclear weapons lab, Anthropic National Security Advisory Committee member) and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Paul Friedrichs (inaugural White House Director of Pandemic Preparedness and Response) as biodefense advisors, citing AI's expanding role in biology and the need to defend against biological threats.
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