AI made thinking cheap in science, but doing is still expensive

Foundries vs Navigators: Lowering the Cost of Science

Adrian Sanborn splits AI biotech into Foundries and Navigators. Foundries like Xaira and Insitro industrialize experiments to lower the cost of doing science. Navigators spend the surplus of cheap thinking on faster analysis, dashboards, and decision-making without needing proprietary models. The post argues Navigator gains are invisible but available to every company, and early-stage startups adopt them fastest. At Endura Therapeutics, adapting analysis code to a protocol change dropped from a week to an afternoon, letting science 'move fast and break things.'

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