Victor M.

AI x Bio

[Valthos @ValthosTech]

Identifying emerging biological threats with frontier AI.

Read our latest brief: https://t.co/dzJdKicKML

This new era of biological risk demands a new generation of defensive capability to respond to threats we haven't encountered before. At Valthos, we’re building capabilities to identify unfamiliar threats, detect signs of engineering, and assess their possible origins.

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

+1, solutions don't build themselves!

[Tess van Stekelenburg @velvetatom]

More capable models will introduce increased biological risk. The magnitude is fiercely debated, the direction is not.

We need more resilient biodefense. https://t.co/d5anHct2xp

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

@pastramimachine Valthos

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

@GabriCorso Also interested!

[Trae Stephens @traestephens]

Pretty pumped to back Valthos @foundersfund, a biodefense company protecting us from the threats too microscopic for Anduril to handle. 🔬☣️

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

If you work within AI x Bio, if you have pre-/post-training experience for LLMs, if you like distributed infrastructure/deployment, if you appreciate scaling compute and algorithms, or if this just sounds interesting - please reach out! My inbox is wide open. (2/2)

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

The ability to anticipate and act on the trajectory of natural and even man-made biological threats is a critical defense capability, and AI advancements only make it even more so. (1/2)

[Valthos @ValthosTech]

Valthos builds next-generation biodefense.

Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against them: more powerful methods to design biological systems, with near-universal access, open up an increasing surface area of threats.

In this new world, the only way forward is to be faster. So we set out to build the tech stack for biodefense. Our team of computational biologists and software engineers applies frontier AI to identify biological threats and update medical countermeasures in real-time.

We are backed by $30M from @OpenAI, @Lux_Capital, @foundersfund and others including @Definition_Cap. We are actively hiring engineers to join in the mission - if that sounds like you, get in touch.

[Valthos @ValthosTech]

Valthos builds next-generation biodefense.

Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against them: more powerful methods to design biological systems, with near-universal access, open up an increasing surface area of threats.

In this new world, the only way forward is to be faster. So we set out to build the tech stack for biodefense. Our team of computational biologists and software engineers applies frontier AI to identify biological threats and update medical countermeasures in real-time.

We are backed by $30M from @OpenAI, @Lux_Capital, @foundersfund and others including @Definition_Cap. We are actively hiring engineers to join in the mission - if that sounds like you, get in touch.

[Jason Kwon @jasonkwon]

One of the greatest opportunities in AI safety and security is the chance to help support the creation of new industry verticals that help maximize the benefits and minimize the risks. The technology is moving fast. One of the best ways to keep up is with more technology, more research, more startups and more entrepreneurship. An industrial ecosystem of builders, companies and solutions further democratizes AI to provide broad resilience, and ensures the US continues to lead as AI increasingly powers everything around us.

As AI and biotech rapidly advance, biodefense is one of those verticals. We couldn’t be more excited to back @ValthosTech @kath_mcmahon and their team of ex-Palantir and ex-Deepmind engineers and operators, and world class computational biologists from the @broadinstitute and @arcinstitute. They are pushing the frontier of protection and defense in one of the most strategic intersections of multiple world-changing technologies, and with the team to do it.

Also excited to partner with @foundersfund @Lux_Capital @Definition_Cap on this. Looking forward to more.

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

@kath_mcmahon @velvetatom 🔥🔥🔥

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

@tinabmai

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

@haydenmetsky 🔥🔥

[Victor M. @vict_or_mao]

@divnori @ValthosTech Has been awesome working together!