AI’s Bitter Lesson Hits Drugs, Games, VC, and Agents
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 · 9 min
Chai Discovery and Sequoia frame drug design as another scaling problem, with AI pushing antibody design from tiny hit rates toward nine-day discovery cycles. Peerplay, Notch, Earlybird, and Temporal round out a builder-heavy slate on AI-native startups, VC, and agents.
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Chai Discovery and Sequoia frame drug design as another scaling problem, with AI pushing antibody design from tiny hit rates toward nine-day discovery cycles. Peerplay, Notch, Earlybird, and Temporal round out a builder-heavy slate on AI-native startups, VC, and agents.
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