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BenevolentAI raises $115 million

BenevolentAI  has raised $115 million at a pre-money valuation of $2 billion, in one of the largest funding rounds in the AI pharmaceutical sector.

Ginkgo Bioworks, Transcriptic awarded $9.5 million project from DARPA

Ginkgo Bioworks, a company that designs custom microbes for customers and Transcriptic, a robotic cloud laboratory platform, have been awarded a joint $9.5 million contract.

Nike acquires computer vision company Invertex

Nike has acquired Invertex, a  computer vision firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

3M, C3 IoT ink multi-year agreement

C3 IoT has inked a multi-year agreement with 3M. Under the terms of the agreement, 3M will use the C3 IoT Platform to develop and deploy AI-based applications – starting with predictive healthcare and supply chain analytics.

Need to make a molecule? Ask this AI for instructions — Nature

Researchers have developed a ‘deep learning’ computer program that produces blueprints for the sequences of reactions needed to create small organic molecules, such as...