Ex-OpenAI science head Kevin Weil launches Warp Sciences with $215M

Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI for Science, has launched Warp Sciences with $215M led by Lightspeed, valuing it at $865M, Bloomberg reported. It is building an automated lab in the US for a drug development step that pharma companies have long outsourced to Chinese firms such as WuXi AppTec.

Kevin Weil, who led OpenAI’s science unit until he left in April, has launched a startup that uses AI to speed up a key step in drug development, Bloomberg reported. Warp…