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He Raised $70M to Cure Every Disease With AI

Gradient Dissent

Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Podlink (1 h 15 m)

Topics: AI | Productivity | Science & Research | Startups | Venture Capital

Sam Rodriques, founder and CEO of Edison Scientific and Future House, explains how AI is already accelerating scientific discovery and drug development.

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He shows why biology, not physics, remains the major unsolved frontier in science.

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He breaks down how focused research organisations and AI agents remove the talent bottleneck.

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He explains where AI helps most: verifiable tasks, high-throughput reasoning, and faster clinical development.

"The proof is in the pudding and the pudding is approved drugs." - Sam Rodriques