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January 3, 2024

Top execs from French AI unicorn Owkin are launching a new startup to build an LLM for biotech

With Bioptimus, they will develop a foundational model that will enhance existing AI technologies such as the one deployed by Owkin for drug discovery

Executives from French AI drug discovery unicorn Owkin are launching a startup that will develop a “large-language model” (LLM) — the same technology powering ChatGPT — for biotechnology, according to four sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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