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Weian Zhao

Researcher · Founder

Now Founder, Aureka Biotechnologies

Latest on AI4S.fyiFunding · Aug 11 · founderAureka Biotechnologies · Series B · $100M

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Affiliations

Current

Founder · Aureka Biotechnologiessince 2023hub.baai.ac.cn ↗

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Founded

Aureka BiotechnologiesProtein design · 2023 · 1 round on record · disclosed $100M · Series B $100M
Background: UC Irvine (professor, as Runtime Wire describes him); founder and CEO (as the company's own announcements put it)

On the timeline

2026-08-11AI antibody-discovery company Aureka Biotechnologies closes a $100M Series B in tranches, taking its total to nearly $200M

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