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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.

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

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

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