Nicholas Larus-Stone is the Founder & CEO of Sphinx Bio, a startup helping life science labs unlock the full potential of their data to accelerate discovery. He’s also the Founder of Bits in Bio, a global community advancing science through software.
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Chapters:
- (00:00) - Preview & Introduction
- (04:34) - Why Biotech & Life Science
- (07:33) - About Small Molecule Discovery Companies Octant & Benevolent AI
- (11:47) - Why Is Software Second in Biotech?
- (14:35) - What Engineers Bring to Biotech
- (16:00) - Is Science Data-Starved or Data Rich?
- (19:23) - How Scientists Work With Data
- (28:10) - Observations That Led to Founding Sphinx Bio
- (31:48) - AI Co-Scientists
- (37:57) - How Platforms like Sphinx Are Powered
- (40:31) - Foundation Model Companies' Interest in Science
- (43:58) - How Sphinx Leverages AI Models
- (45:59) - Managing Hallucinations
- (47:52) - Scientists: Give AI Another Try
- (49:02) - The Business and Cycles of TechBio
- (53:32) - Google's Co-Scientist, Notebook LM, and Other Science Ventures
- (57:43) - Protein Folding Playground
- (00:58:58) - "Wrapper" Companies In Era of Foundation Model Commoditization
- (01:01:56) - Bits in Bio Community & Growth
- (01:04:25) - Try Sphinx's Platform; Work for Sphinx; Support Your Local Scientist
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