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Biohub Partners with US agencies and AI companies for a $1.8 billion biological data initiative to support AI research

Funding Provisional 74% confidence first seen

Biohub, led by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, secured a $1.8 billion initiative involving investments from Google DeepMind, Meta, Isomorphic Labs, and partnerships with the US Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The funding is aimed at expanding biological datasets, simulations, and computational resources to support AI models and research, including work toward a “virtual cell.”

Biohub AI models Biological data Google DeepMind Isomorphic Labs Mark Zuckerberg Meta National Institutes of Health Priscilla Chan US Department of Energy

The deal

Biohub $1.8 billion Other · announced 7 Oct 2026

Investors Google DeepMind Meta Isomorphic Labs US Department of Energy National Institutes of Health

Deal terms as reported in the coverage below.

Source coverage

Google invests millions in Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to create a ‘virtual cell’ The Verge independent Zuckerberg's Biohub Partners With DOE, NIH to Invest $1.8 Billion in Biological Data for AI Models The Wall Street Journal newsletter

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