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Anthropic buys biotech startup Coefficient Bio in $400M deal: reports

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Anthropic acquired stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, according to reports; sources told TechCrunch the transaction closed though they would not comment on the amount. The deal signals Anthropic's strategic expansion into biotech/biology-focused AI capabilities and is a material consolidation event in the AI-for-drug-discovery/private biotech space that could accelerate competition and partnerships at the intersection of AI and life sciences.

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Anthropic acquired stealth biotech AI startup Coefficient Bio in a $400 million stock deal, according to reports; sources told TechCrunch the transaction closed though they would not comment on the amount. The deal signals Anthropic's strategic expansion into biotech/biology-focused AI capabilities and is a material consolidation event in the AI-for-drug-discovery/private biotech space that could accelerate competition and partnerships at the intersection of AI and life sciences.

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