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PublishedOctober 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to create a ‘virtual cell’

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Google DeepMind, Meta, and AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million into an initiative to create a "virtual cell" that researchers can use to combat disease, as reported earlier by Reuters. The project is led by Biohub, a nonprofit biomedical research organization
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