Biohub and Partners Commit $1.8B to AI-Ready Biological Data

Biohub, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, and private sector partners have announced a $1.8 billion expansion of the Virtual Biology Initiative. This effort aims to generate and make accessible AI-ready biological data to enable predictive AI models of biology. The initiative will create an open resource for the research community, advancing the understanding and treatment of human diseases. DOE will invest over $500 million in lab measurement, modeling, and computation, while NIH will coordinate the contribution of relevant datasets. Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, and Meta are collectively investing $300 million to create technologies and datasets for predictive models of life. The initiative will expand cell response data and build technologies for studying cells at greater scale, speed, and accuracy. Leading scientific institutions are also participating to maximize the impact of virtual biology.