Mithril ran as a virtual company on one operator, lots of Claude, and part-time advisors
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-29
Mithril was virtual, decentralized and radically lean from day one. Such models rarely last, but as AI tools matured, it ran for a long stretch on "one operator + lots of Claude + part-time advisors" — gradually becoming an experiment in how far one person can push a drug-discovery company.
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