TechCrunch Startups· Marina Temkin·2026-10-23 02:38· 2 hours agoTop DealsAI Score80

Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil launches Warp Sciences with $215M for lab robots

Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots

AI Overview

Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil launched Warp Sciences, an AI startup that trains robots to make and test drug compounds.

Why it matters

The funding and valuation show how much investors will pay to move labor-intensive wet-lab work back onshore, and the human-to-robot training approach is the detail worth watching.

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