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Stanford's virtual biotech run by AI agents.

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  1. Oct 26, 2026
    37,000 AI AGENTS REVIEW 50,000 TRIALS, PLAN A DRUGStudy of ~50,000 past trials

    A Stanford 'company' of 37,000 AI programs studied 50,000 drug trials

    A virtual biotech with no human staff combed past trials for clues to which drugs succeed, then proposed a lung cancer drug idea a real drugmaker later pursued on its own.