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Inside Basecamp Research, the AI startup turning evolution into training data

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Basecamp Research, a London-based AI startup, has raised $140 million from Nvidia and Anthropic's Anthology Fund to train AI models on genetic material for designing antibiotics and cell therapy tools. The company uses evolutionary data from natural environments to generate training data.

Why it matters

AI-designed antibiotics and therapies could accelerate drug discovery and address antibiotic resistance, a major global health challenge.

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