OpenAI Researcher Miles Wang Pursues Two Billion Dollar Drug Discovery Venture

By Marina Temkin · TechCrunch · 2026-07-15

OpenAI Researcher Miles Wang Pursues Two Billion Dollar Drug Discovery Venture

TechCrunch reports that Miles Wang is preparing to exit OpenAI to establish an artificial intelligence startup focused on the life sciences. The researcher is currently negotiating a two hundred million dollar funding round led by Lightspeed, which would value the nascent company

TechCrunch reports that Miles Wang is preparing to exit OpenAI to establish an artificial intelligence startup focused on the life sciences. The researcher is currently negotiating a two hundred million dollar funding round led by Lightspeed, which would value the nascent company