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Anthropic is running a wet biology lab in the Bay Area
TechCrunch reported on 18 September that Anthropic operates a physical biology lab in the Bay Area doing fundamental research rather than drug discovery, led by head of life sciences Eric Kauderer-Abrams, who said 'the final test is still, and will be for a while, in real lab work.' It follows the company's $400 million acquisition of stealth biotech Coefficient Bio in April 2026 and this week's Life Sciences Verification Program, which gives vetted researchers access to its strongest models. A model lab running its own experiments is a different posture from selling API access to biotechs.
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