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OpenAI acquires biotech AI startup Orchestra Bio

OpenAI announced Tuesday it has acquired Orchestra Bio, a four-year-old startup that builds AI agents to help biotech firms manage drug discovery operations, including finances and clinical trial scheduling. Deal terms were not disclosed, though Orchestra had reportedly raised about $20 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Atria, and 8VC. OpenAI plans to fold Orchestra's team and technology into Rosalind, its life sciences AI model, and the Rosalind Workbench tool used by customers such as Moderna and Novo Nordisk.

techcrunch.com · 2026-10-20

Rosalind Franklin's early work revealed DNA's A and B forms before Watson's claims

In 1951 and 1952, Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling captured diffraction images of DNA at King’s College London, identifying two distinct structural forms known as A and B. Franklin’s notes and reports from that period show her focus on understanding what causes these forms and how to best image them, leading to Photograph 51, which contributed to DNA structure discovery. Her research predates and clarifies the sequence of findings attributed to Watson and Crick.

link.springer.com · 2026-10-07