Kevin Weil's Warp Sciences raises $215M for AI drug discovery
10/23/2026 — 10/23, 00:19·2 sources (all)·2 reports (all)·In the 2026-10-23 briefing
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- Kevin Weil, who previously led product and science AI efforts at OpenAI, has launched Warp Sciences, emerging from stealth with $215 million…
Kevin Weil, who previously led product and science AI efforts at OpenAI, has launched Warp Sciences, emerging from stealth with $215 million in funding led by Lightspeed at an $865 million valuation. The company plans to build automated laboratories that use AI to speed up a key step in drug development, work that has largely been outsourced to Chinese contractors.
Latest turnKevin Weil, who led OpenAI for Science, has launched Warp Sciences with $215M in funding led by Lightspeed, Bloomberg reported. The startup, valued at $865M, is building an automated lab in the US to use AI to speed up a drug development step that pharma companies have long outsourced to Chinese firms such as WuXi AppTec.
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Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI for Science, has launched Warp Sciences with $215M in funding led by Lightspeed, Bloomberg reported. The startup, valued at $865M, is building an automated lab in the US to use AI to speed up a drug development step that pharma companies have long outsourced to Chinese firms such as WuXi AppTec.
The Next WebAI score 61Warp Sciences, founded by former OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil to speed up AI-driven drug development, has emerged from stealth with $215M raised at an $865M post-money valuation, Bloomberg reports. Weil previously led OpenAI's AI-for-science efforts.
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