One of the most exciting (and challenging) applications of physical AI is thinking about how it can accelerate scientific discovery. Imagine a robot that can pipette, handle stem cells, operate existing lab machinery, 24/7 - a physical AI scientist.
This is what the new episode of @GreylockVC Change Agents is all about, featuring @michellearning, founder and CEO of @medra_ai. We talk about building an AI-powered lab, how accelerating physical AI lab experimentation is the key to unlocking drug development, and how Medra is automating experimentation today inside pharma companies.
00:00 Teaser
00:56 Medra’s founding mission
04:17 Hypotheses are not enough
13:27 Medra’s differentiation
20:22 The experimentation bottleneck
27:06 Refining the agent harness
29:05 The role of the physical lab
33:23 Managing context across different customers
34:59 Working with models
40:26 Towards personalized medicine and drug discovery
43:15 AWS for life sciences
Thank you for joining @michellearning