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Informatics

Exscientia nets $225 million in latest funding round

by Rick Mullin
April 30, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 16

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Credit: Exscientia
Exscientia uses artificial intelligence to search for drugs for itself and its customers.

Exscientia, a specialist in artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery with its own drug pipeline, has closed a $225 million financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with investment from Novo Holdings. Exscientia received an additional $300 million equity commitment from SoftBank. The company has advanced two AI-designed drug candidates into development, including a therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder developed with Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma.

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