OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio⁠ to beef up its biotech business

TechCrunch - Oct 20, 2026

OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help researchers plan experiments and analyze results.

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