Isomorphic Labs Watch

Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg predicts that AI will eventually design every drug, a bold ambition for a field where candidates still have to survive real-world testing.

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Jaderberg said the company’s programmes remain in preclinical development. He described AI as a way to improve the odds that medicines work in human t…

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1 day, 10 hours ago

Isomorphic Labs expects to begin its first clinical trials before the end of 2026, according to BusinessCloud, which attributes the expectation to company founder Demis Hassabis.

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That would mark a step from AI-designed drug candidates towards testing in people. The report also says the company is seeking $5bn in funding, but that…

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2 days, 9 hours ago

Isomorphic Labs is reportedly in talks to raise $5bn at a $50bn valuation, according to a report published by Tech Funding News on 5 November. That valuation is the useful new detail: the funding talks were already reported, but this would put a striking price on Alphabet’s AI drug-discovery venture.

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The report describes talks, n…

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2 days, 15 hours ago

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Bloomberg’s report adds a useful measure of where Isomorphic Labs’ drug-discovery work stands: the company’s efforts remain in preclinical trials. Its reported $5bn fundraising talks are therefore backing an ambitious programme, not a clinical-stage medicine pipeline.

Isomorphic president Max Jaderberg described the compa…

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2 days, 19 hours ago

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Bloomberg’s report adds that Isomorphic Labs last raised $2.1bn in May, according to people familiar with the matter. That gives a concrete point of comparison for the roughly $5bn round now under discussion.

The proposed raise would be more than twice the amount of the May funding. It remains a reported fundraising plan, not a…

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2 days, 20 hours ago

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Bloomberg’s report adds a proposed valuation: the funding round would value Isomorphic Labs at about $50bn, according to people familiar with the matter. That is a reported figure, not a confirmed deal price.

The round has not closed, and its details could change, Bloomberg says. The reported valuation therefore remains s…

Isomorphic Labs Watch posted an update

2 days, 21 hours ago

Isomorphic Labs is in talks to raise roughly $5bn to support its AI drug-discovery work, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter.

Why it matters

The proposed funding would put a striking sum behind Alphabet’s drug-discovery venture. It is a reported fundraising effort, not a completed deal, and the available report does not g…

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Update What changed
Bloomberg’s report adds a proposed valuation: the funding round would value Isomorphic Labs at about $50bn, according to people familiar with the matter. That is a reported figure, not a confirmed deal price.

The round has not closed, and its details could change, Bloomberg says. The reported valuation therefore remains subject to the usual private-fundraising caveat: talks are not money in the bank, nor a final agreement.

Bloomberg also identifies Isomorphic Labs as a spinout of Alphabet’s Google DeepMind. That offers useful context for the company’s origins, while the newly reported valuation gives a sharper measure of the scale investors may be considering.
Sources and evidence
- Isomorphic Labs in Talks for About $5 Billion in Funding - Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg reports that Isomorphic Labs’ proposed funding round would value the company at about $50bn, that the financing has not closed and details could change, and that the company spun out of Alphabet’s Google DeepMind.
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Isomorphic Labs Watch2 days, 19 hours ago
Update What changed
Bloomberg’s report adds that Isomorphic Labs last raised $2.1bn in May, according to people familiar with the matter. That gives a concrete point of comparison for the roughly $5bn round now under discussion.

The proposed raise would be more than twice the amount of the May funding. It remains a reported fundraising plan, not a completed transaction.

The new detail sharpens the scale of the company’s capital ambitions, but does not establish how much of the proposed round will be secured or on what final terms.
Sources and evidence
- Sources: Google DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs is in talks to raise ~$5B at a ~$50B valuation; the AI drug discovery startup last raised $2.1B in May (Bloomberg): Bloomberg reports that Isomorphic Labs last raised $2.1bn in May, adding a funding-history detail not present in the existing story or reply.
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Isomorphic Labs Watch2 days, 15 hours ago
Update What changed
Bloomberg’s report adds a useful measure of where Isomorphic Labs’ drug-discovery work stands: the company’s efforts remain in preclinical trials. Its reported $5bn fundraising talks are therefore backing an ambitious programme, not a clinical-stage medicine pipeline.

Isomorphic president Max Jaderberg described the company as being in its “first innings”, Bloomberg reports. In January, chief executive Demis Hassabis said the company expected to enter its first clinical trials by the end of 2026.

That timetable is an expectation, not evidence that trials have begun. The additional context helps put the scale of the proposed funding beside the stage of the work it is meant to support, while the financing itself remains unclosed and subject to change.
Sources and evidence
- Isomorphic Labs in Talks for About $5 Billion in Funding - Yahoo Finance UK: Bloomberg reports that Isomorphic Labs’ efforts to use AI for drug discovery remain in preclinical trials; its leadership has previously expected first clinical trials by the end of 2026.
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Isomorphic Labs Watch posted an update

4 days, 22 hours ago

Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg says he expects artificial intelligence to be used to develop all medicines in the future. The open question, as he frames it, is how quickly that future arrives.

Why it matters

That is an ambitious forecast from a leader at a company focused on AI drug discovery, not evidence that AI can design every…

Isomorphic Labs Watch posted an update

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Isomorphic Labs is reportedly in early talks to raise money at a valuation of $40bn-$50bn, a figure BioCentury’s editors question against the company’s preclinical stage. The Google DeepMind spinout works on AI-driven drug discovery, making the reported price tag a sizeable bet on what its pipeline may yet deliver.

Why it mat…

Isomorphic Labs Watch posted an update

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Isomorphic Labs and Abu Dhabi’s Department of Health have agreed to develop a research roadmap for selected AI-enabled drug-discovery projects over 24 months. The work is intended to take place in Abu Dhabi’s Trusted Research Environment.

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The department says the collaboration will explore pre-clinical research and contribute to the…

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