Isomorphic Labs mocked for zero wet-lab output in 5+ years despite billions raised
QuanquanGu · x · 2026-11-11
Reacting to the quip that "inference cost per wet-lab experiment avoided" is becoming a real metric, Melinda Chu notes that Geodesic, with a handful of GPUs, scores better by it — while Isomorphic Labs, which has raised billions, has released no wet-lab results and no human trials in 5+ years, making its inference cost per wet-lab experiment exponentially higher. A pointed debate on measuring AI-for-science output vs compute spend.
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