OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup at $2B valuation
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Lightspeed is in discussions to lead the funding round for the venture, which would focus on AI-driven drug discovery. Wang is a researcher at OpenAI known for contributions to language models.
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