Stanford professor: virtual cell models don't need billion-parameter foundation models — tweaked scVI did fine
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-12
Anshul Kundaje offers a lesson for 'virtual cell' enthusiasts: the single-cell encoder used here was just a tweak on classic scVI and did great — no billion-parameter hyperscaled encoder-decoder 'foundation world model' was needed.
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