Google, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs invest $300M in Biohub's AI-driven 'virtual cell' project

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Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs are jointly committing $300 million to the nonprofit research organization Biohub. The investment is part of a larger $1.8 billion initiative to create AI datasets for biomedical research. Biohub, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan in 2016, aims to develop a 'virtual cell' for advanced disease simulation. This collaboration seeks to enable researchers to digitally model biological processes to prevent and manage diseases.

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