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Discovery Engines – with Nabil

Unleashing Scientific Data - Nicholas Larus-Stone of Sphinx Bio, Bits in Bio

23 Apr 2025

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Nicholas Larus-Stone is the Founder & CEO of Sphinx Bio, a startup helping life science labs unlock the full potential of their data to accelerate discovery. He’s also the Founder of Bits in Bio, a global community advancing science through software.See below for episode links, chapters, and our socials. Hosted by Nabil Laoudji.Support the podcast! Subscribe to our newsletter: www.discoveryengines.co. Thanks for watching 🙏🤙Episode Links: Nicholas' LinkedIn Sphinx Bio Bits in Bio Folding Playground Google Co-Scientist Paper Recursion Defining TechBio Chapters: (00:00) - Preview & Introduction (04:34) - Why Biotech & Life Science (07:33) - About Small Molecule Discovery Companies Octant & Benevolent AI (11:47) - Why Is Software Second in Biotech? (14:35) - What Engineers Bring to Biotech (16:00) - Is Science Data-Starved or Data Rich? (19:23) - How Scientists Work With Data (28:10) - Observations That Led to Founding Sphinx Bio (31:48) - AI Co-Scientists (37:57) - How Platforms like Sphinx Are Powered (40:31) - Foundation Model Companies' Interest in Science (43:58) - How Sphinx Leverages AI Models (45:59) - Managing Hallucinations (47:52) - Scientists: Give AI Another Try (49:02) - The Business and Cycles of TechBio (53:32) - Google's Co-Scientist, Notebook LM, and Other Science Ventures (57:43) - Protein Folding Playground (00:58:58) - "Wrapper" Companies In Era of Foundation Model Commoditization (01:01:56) - Bits in Bio Community & Growth (01:04:25) - Try Sphinx's Platform; Work for Sphinx; Support Your Local ScientistConnect With Us: Our Newsletter Twitter Bluesky LinkedIn Feedback or questionsPlatforms: YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts

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