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TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 will be held Oct. 13–15 at Moscone West in San Francisco. The event’s current ticket pricing window closes Sept. 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT (prices rise afterward); the last day to book an exhibit table is Sept. 18.
Anthropic is establishing a biology lab near San Francisco to run physical drug experiments with AI guidance; the company plans for Claude to direct robots through experiments using tools such as Claude Science and the Model Hardware Standard, with human oversight retained. The move follows Anthropic's acquisition of Coefficient Bio (about $400 million) and addition of Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan to its board; Anthropic says it will not run clinical trials for now.
Vals, a 2024-founded startup that provides paid, non-public, industry-specific AI evaluations, raised $40 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz after a seed round backed by 8VC and Bloomberg Beta. The company tests models on complex domain tasks (law, finance, coding) and emerging areas such as recursive self-improvement, mental health, cybersecurity, biosecurity and law of armed conflict; revenue and headcount have grown rapidly and it has launched a program for federal agencies.
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