{"data":{"id":2576,"lang":"en","title":"Former OpenAI Science Lead Kevin Weil Launches Warp Sciences With $215 Million to Automate Wet Labs With Robots","summary":"Kevin Weil's Warp Sciences raised $215M at an $865M valuation to train robots to run drug-discovery lab work.","category":"science","category_label":"Science","published_at":"2026-10-25T11:00:49Z","updated_at":"2026-10-25T11:00:49Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2576-former-openai-science-lead-kevin-weil-launches-warp-sciences-with-215-million","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2576?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2576.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1451187580459-43490279c0fa?w=800","word_count":120,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/former-openai-science-lead-launches-warp-science-to-automate-wet-labs-with-robots/","domain":"techcrunch.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2650,"title":"Bývalý šéf vědy v OpenAI Kevin Weil spouští Warp Sciences s 215 miliony dolarů na automatizaci laboratoří roboty","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2650-byvaly-sef-vedy-v-openai-kevin-weil-spousti-warp-sciences-s-215-miliony-dolaru","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2650?lang=cs"},"content":"Kevin Weil, who previously led science at OpenAI, has launched Warp Sciences, a startup that trains robots to make and test promising drug compounds identified by researchers. Weil said the company raised $215 million at an $865 million valuation, led by Lightspeed with IVP, Mayfield, Lux Capital, Premji Invest and Menlo Ventures participating.\n\nHuman chemists wear cameras and sensor gloves to demonstrate lab tasks, and the robots then learn to repeat them around the clock. The aim is to speed up drug discovery by automating the labor-intensive synthesis of molecules.\n\nBiotech firms have long outsourced such work to contractors including China's WuXi AppTec. Warp Sciences wants to bring it back to the US and reduce exposure to geopolitical supply-chain risks."}}