--- title: Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to... description: Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil has launched Warp Sciences, a startup that trains robots to automate wet-lab work for drug discovery. The company raised... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/former-openai-science-lead-launches-warp-science-to-automate-wet-labs-with-robots-0pqcgwxpw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots | daily.dev og:description: Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil has launched Warp Sciences, a startup that trains robots to automate wet-lab work for drug discovery. The company raised... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/former-openai-science-lead-launches-warp-science-to-automate-wet-labs-with-robots-0pqcgwxpw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0PQCGwxpw.png og:image:alt: Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Former OpenAI science lead launches Warp Science to automate wet labs with robots **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil has launched Warp Sciences, a startup that trains robots to automate wet-lab work for drug discovery. The company raised $215 million at an $865 million valuation, led by Lightspeed, with IVP, Premji Invest, and Lux Capital also participating. Human chemists wear cameras and sensor gloves to train robots to perform lab tasks. Weil hopes to reshore labor-intensive molecule synthesis work outsourced to contractors in China and insulate drug development from geopolitical supply-chain risk. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much funding did Kevin Weil's new startup Warp Sciences raise? Warp Sciences raised $215 million at an $865 million valuation. The round was led by Lightspeed, with participation from IVP, Premji Invest, and Lux Capital. Kevin Weil, a former OpenAI science lead, announced the startup and funding on X. The company trains robots to automate wet-lab drug discovery work. _Investors evaluating AI-driven biotech bets can follow funding rounds like this on daily.dev._ ### How does Warp Sciences train robots to do lab chemistry work? Human chemists wear cameras and sensor gloves while performing lab tasks, and this data is used to train robots to replicate the work. The goal is to automate wet-lab synthesis and testing of drug compounds so robots can operate around the clock, accelerating drug discovery compared to manual lab work. _Developers tracking robotics and AI automation techniques can follow these approaches on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI is spitting out more potential drugs than ever. 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