Sovereign AI invests in Isomorphic Labs
Sovereign AI is backing Isomorphic Labs.
Isomorphic Labs is harnessing the power of AI to reimagine drug discovery, compressing decades of pharmaceutical research into years. Designing medicines that would otherwise never be made.
Isomorphic is led by Sir Demis Hassabis, one of the defining figures in modern AI. The Nobel laureate, co-founder of DeepMind and a long-time champion of British science, Hassabis's work sits behind some of the most consequential breakthroughs of the last decade. He founded Isomorphic Labs to take the technology behind AlphaFold and apply it across the full stack of drug discovery. Isomorphic Labs reflects exactly what Sovereign AI is here to back. Founders pushing the frontiers of AI, built and anchored in the UK.
Sovereign AI will bring its suite of unique support behind Isomorphic Labs – from access to the UK’s largest AI supercomputers, Visas and other unique levers s of the British state.
Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said:
“What Isomorphic Labs is doing has the potential to completely reshape how medicines are discovered – cutting years of development and giving real hope to people living with devastating diseases. This is AI at its very best - improving lives and keeping families together longer."
“Britain has a proud history of world-changing medical breakthroughs - from penicillin to MRI scanners. Now in the AI era, we are backing a brilliant UK firm working on another huge jump forward, and making sure those breakthroughs are developed here for the benefit of people across the country and around the world.”
Sovereign AI Head of Ventures Joséphine Kant said:
“Isomorphic is one of the most consequential companies being built anywhere in the world today, and it’s being built in Britain. Sovereign AI exists to invest in the companies that will shape what this country becomes next. Sir Demis Hassabis, Max Jaderberg, and the team they have built deserve a country willing to match their ambition with its own, and we intend to make sure it does.”
