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Causality Podcast #

Just discovered this it promises to be promising:

https://causalbanditspodcast.com/

AI deals show no signs of slowing #

https://www.nature.com/articles/d43747-025-00027-z

Collectively, four notable trends are emerging;

• an increase in upfront commitments

• specialization in new therapeutic modalities (such as biologics rather than small molecules)

• the rise of niche dataset providers

• increasing participation from mid-to large-cap biotechs that are following the early adopters.

Brain cells compute cluster #

https://spectrum.ieee.org/biological-computer-for-sale

Australian startup Cortical Labs has released what it calls the world’s first code-deployable biological computer. The CL1, which debuted in March, fuses human brain cells on a silicon chip to process information via sub-millisecond electrical feedback loops.

A great discussion on the Indian SME state #