GoKawiilGoogle DeepMind, Meta, Isomorphic Labs put $300M into Zuckerberg's Biohub 'virtual cell' project
Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs are contributing $300 million to Biohub, the nonprofit biomedical research organization started by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, as part of a broader $1.8 billion push to build AI-driven biological datasets. The US Department of Energy plans to add over $500 million over five years, while the National Institutes of Health will supply existing datasets and repositories worth more than $500 million from past federal funding.
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The project aims to build a 'virtual cell' that could let scientists simulate biological experiments digitally, potentially speeding up disease research, according to Biohub's head of science Alex Rives. Pooling resources from major tech firms and federal agencies suggests an attempt to treat biological data infrastructure as a shared scientific priority rather than a single company's asset, though how the resulting tools and data will be governed or shared remains unclear.
- Google DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs are jointly funding $300 million toward Biohub's research.
- The effort is part of a larger $1.8 billion initiative also backed by the US Department of Energy and NIH.
- The goal is to create a 'virtual cell' model enabling digital simulation of biological processes for disease research.
Source: theverge.com — Emma Roth, 2026-10-07
Published there as: “Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to create a ‘virtual cell’”
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