Basecamp Collaborates with Google DeepMind on AI Therapeutics
What happened
Basecamp Research, an AI therapeutics company with offices in London and Boston, announced collaborations with AI firms, including Google DeepMind. Basecamp Research is focused on building an 'Internet of biology' from the ground up to train massive models. This initiative aims to design therapeutics across multiple modalities.
From bioxconomy.com
Why it matters
The partnership seeks to address the lack of a comprehensive biological dataset, noting that existing public domain data is heavily biased. By building this 'Internet of biology,' Basecamp Research aims to create large models capable of designing new therapeutics, which is central to its business model.
From bioxconomy.com
Who's involved
- BasecampAI therapeutics company with offices in London and Boston, building the 'Internet of biology'.
- Google DeepMindArtificial intelligence company owned by Google, collaborating on advanced AI projects.
Who could feel it
Possible knock-on effectsThese are possibilities Brind reasoned out, not predictions, and not advice. Most are not stated in any report.
- Google DeepMindSpeculative
Google DeepMind could see increased demand for its AI therapeutics research capabilities due to the partnership.
- EdenSpeculative
Eden might see increased demand for proprietary data needed to train Basecamp's scaled AI models.
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The entities involved
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Basecamp
American business
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Google DeepMind
artificial intelligence company owned by Google
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