
Techbio is a field combining data, technology and biology to enhance scientific processes - and AI has the potential to supercharge the biopharmaceutical industry further. In this episode of NVIDIA's AI Podcast, host Noah Kravitz speaks with Chris Gibson, cofounder and CEO of Recursion, about how the company uses AI and machine learning to accelerate drug discovery and development at scale. Tune in to hear Gibson discuss how AI is transforming the biopharmaceutical industry by increasing efficiency and lowering discovery costs.
The AI Podcast Recursion CEO Chris Gibson on Accelerating the Biopharmaceutical Industry With AI Ep. 230|
Time Stamps 0:58: Background on Recursion
6:23: Recursion's approach to drug discovery
12:06: Empirical data generation and generative AI prediction
17:46: How supercomputing is accelerating drug discovery
22:32: What is techbio?
29:15: The future - using natural language prompts to work with AI systems31:44: Recursion's plans for future
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