--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "5dc0cce5c5deafcdafabb9aa4718adfac284f2edd072b1750ab45397be8829f3" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/5dc0cce5?lang=en" title: "Warp Sciences, founded by ex-OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil to speed up AI drug development, emerges from stealth with $215M at an $865M post-money valuation (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-22T16:00:15.000Z" category: "Funding" topics: ["openai","funding"] source_urls: ["https://www.techmeme.com/261022/p36","https://huggingnews.com/startups/kevin-weil-launches-warp-sciences-with-215m-to-automate-drug-labs-ac53f697","https://marketbrief.now/startups/kevin-weil-launches-warp-sciences-with-215m-to-automate-drug-labs-ac53f697"] summary: "Warp Sciences, founded by former OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil, has emerged from stealth with $215 million in funding at an $865 million post-money valuation. The startup aims to accelerate AI-driven drug development, building on Weil's previous leadership of AI-for-science efforts at OpenAI." --- # Warp Sciences, founded by ex\-OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil to speed up AI drug development, emerges from stealth with $215M at an $865M post\-money valuation \(Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg\) > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-22T16:00:15.000Z **Category:** Funding **Topics:** openai, funding ## Summary Warp Sciences, founded by former OpenAI product chief Kevin Weil, has emerged from stealth with $215 million in funding at an $865 million post\-money valuation\. The startup aims to accelerate AI\-driven drug development, building on Weil's previous leadership of AI\-for\-science efforts at OpenAI\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]() - [Story source]()