Quanquan Gu: NovaAtom-Lite is just one rung on our biological foundation model scaling ladder
QuanquanGu · x · 2026-11-11
UCLA professor Quanquan Gu responds to skepticism about their biological foundation model NovaAtom, framing a bigger scaling picture:
- NovaAtom-Lite is already larger than most models in this space, yet remains relatively small on their own scaling ladder — "we're just getting started"
- Co-folding is only one rung, not the destination; many of the cited challenges are exactly what they aim to tackle as scaling continues
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