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Warp Sciences emerges from stealth with 215 million dollar Series A

Warp Sciences has launched with 215 million dollars in Series A funding to build a United States contract research organization combining human chemists, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

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Warp Sciences has emerged from stealth with 215 million dollars in Series A funding, Wowtale, Yahoo Finance, Unite.AI, Dealroom, citybiz, and Pulse 2.0 reported. Wowtale reported that the funding round values the company at 865 million dollars and was led by Lightspeed. Warp Sciences was founded by former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil, according to Wowtale and Dealroom. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

The company is positioning itself as a United States chemistry contract research organization that pairs human chemists with artificial intelligence and robotics, Wowtale reported. The facility will bring together laboratory personnel and automated systems to synthesize and test drug candidate molecules. [1][2][3][5][6]

According to Wowtale, the announcement comes one day after OpenAI and Anthropic both acquired drug discovery artificial intelligence startups. OpenAI acquired an agentic drug discovery team, while Anthropic acquired an enzyme discovery outfit. Those acquisitions mark an accelerating race among frontier artificial intelligence laboratories to expand directly into the life sciences sector. [1]

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In short

  • Warp Sciences emerged from stealth after raising 215 million dollars in Series A funding.
  • The funding round was led by Lightspeed and values Warp Sciences at 865 million dollars.
  • The company was founded by former OpenAI science lead Kevin Weil.
  • Warp Sciences will operate as a United States contract research organization pairing chemists with robotics and artificial intelligence.

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  1. [1]Warp Sciences Emerges From Stealth With $215M Series A for US Chemistry CROWowtale, 11d ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Warp Sciences Emerges From Stealth With $215 Million to Build U.S. Chemistry Services for Drug ResearchYahoo Finance, 12d ago
  3. [3]Warp Sciences Emerges From Stealth With $215M for AI-Powered Chemistry LabsUnite.AI, 12d ago
  4. [4]Ex-OpenAI science head Kevin Weil raises $215M for drug discovery startup Warp SciencesDealroom, 12d ago
  5. [5]Warp Sciences Raises $215M to Build AI-Powered Drug Discovery Labscitybiz, 11d ago
  6. [6]Warp Sciences Emerges From Stealth With $215 Million In Funding To Build AI-Powered Drug Discovery Chemistry LabsPulse 2.0, 12d ago

Background

  1. [7]2025 United States strikes on Iranian nuclear sites on Wikipedia
  2. [8]Cro-Mags on Wikipedia
  3. [9]List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films on Wikipedia

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