Radical Numerics CEO responds to phage collaboration dispute, admits attribution mistakes
exnx · x · 2026-11-11
Radical Numerics founder Eric Nguyen published a note addressing the recent controversy with Tabula Bioscience and George Church over AI-designed phages.
- Radical's contribution was phages designed with its genome language models, included in a therapeutic cocktail given to one patient under compassionate use.
- The two companies disagreed on when and how to announce the milestone, amid public concerns around AI, biosecurity, and the number of clinical cases; Radical believed the new genome-design capability warranted earlier disclosure.
- Tabula no longer wanted to co-announce, and communication and data sharing halted. Nguyen admits they should have communicated more directly about what would be shared and ensured all partners' contributions were represented — "this was a mistake."
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