Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 23/06/2026'The Bitter Lesson' is arriving in biology. In AI, the winning systems have been those that could absorb the most information and compute at scale. At Basecamp Research, our EDEN models proving scaling laws apply to biology. Read "Biology's Bitter Lesson": basecamp-research.com/biologys-bit... 000
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Nature has evolved solutions to survive the impossible, imagine what it could do for us 🧊 We're thrilled to have signed a new, expanded collaboration agreement with the British Antarctic Survey (@bas.ac.uk) as part of our work building the Trillion Gene Atlas. www.prnewswire.com/news-release... 020
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Welcoming Dr. Thulani Makhalanyane as an advisor to the Trillion Gene Atlas — bringing his experience leading the African Microbiome Project to a global effort to expand known genetic diversity 100x and accelerate discovery for public & ecosystem health. #TrillionGeneAtlas #Microbiome 042
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 08/04/2026📈Surreal to see Basecamp Research on the NYSE after being named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. Most biology hasn’t been discovered — but we act like it has. We’re working to map the unknown 99% with the Trillion Gene Atlas. Grateful for our incredible team and collaborators. 🚀 041
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 07/04/2026AI mastered Go. Then language. Now it’s learning to write DNA. At SXSW, Basecamp Research CEO @glengowers.bsky.social joined Microsoft’s Alicia Frame and UPenn’s @delafuentelab.bsky.social to unpack what that actually means in practice. Watch the full "Decoding Nature" panel: youtu.be/TJkRhNJaBMk 053
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchTrue Ventures @trueventures.com · 02/04/2026In 2019, Glen Gowers and Oliver Vince brought a solar-powered DNA sequencing lab into the field and found that more than half the data had never been seen before. That insight became @basecamp-research.bsky.social: a platform built on the idea that biological discovery depends on context. 033
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Basecamp Research named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Biotech Companies—for the 2nd year running 🏆 Fast Company spotlighted our EDEN models — trained on data 10× larger than public datasets. www.fastcompany.com/91497087/bio... 052
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 18/03/2026We’re launching the Trillion Gene Atlas with Anthropic, NVIDIA, PacBio, and UltimaGenomics. 🌍 The Goal: To expand known genomes 100×, sequencing 100M+ species to build foundation models grounded in evolution itself. 🔗 Read more: www.prnewswire.com/news-release... 0114
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 16/03/2026If you saw the amazing man cures dog story, today at #SXSW - we'll be unpacking the AI and science behind a potential new wave of cures. Please join us for "Decoding Nature: How AI is Learning to Program Biology" schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP116... 064
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 05/03/2026When Basecamp Research Co-founder Oliver Vince mentioned to the BBC that our EDEN AI models were trained on data from 1M+ new species, it caught a listener’s attention. The BBC’s More or Less dug into the story. open.spotify.com/show/3sVMOI2... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h... 031
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 24/02/2026📰 @elpais.com speaks with @delafuentelab.bsky.social — the first academic pioneer to work with EDEN, our evolutionary foundation model trained on 10B novel genetic sequences from 1M+ species. In the lab, it generated antimicrobial peptides with 97% success. english.elpais.com/science-tech...english.elpais.comEDEN: The AI system that learns from a million species to design new treatmentsThe model allows for the precise and complex modification of cells and molecules to cure diseases 042
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 11/02/2026🎙️ SXSW London has announced its latest wave of speakers, including @financialtimes.com journalist Aanu Adeoye in conversation with Basecamp Research co-founders @glengowers.bsky.social &Oliver Vince on June 1. Visit sxswlondon.com for details! 041
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 26/01/2026We’re thrilled to welcome Francesco Farina as Head of AI Research! After working on EDEN-AI with us at NVIDIA, he’s now leading our next wave of breakthroughs in AI + biology. Let’s go! 🚀 For more on EDEN & open roles visit: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... basecamp-research.homerun.co 031
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 23/01/2026At the World Economic Forum, experts warned antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health & macroeconomic threat — projected to cause 10M deaths a year by 2050 & cut global GDP by $3.4T. Thanks @thealexknapp.bsky.social for reporting on how EDEN models could help www.forbes.com/sites/the-pr... 033
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchThe Economist @economist.com · 22/01/2026A new type of customised treatment could allow children with ultra-rare conditions to swap short horrible lives for something closer to normalityecon.stTreatment of a teenager with an ultra-rare condition is a medical milestoneIt will change regulators’ rule books 073
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 19/01/2026We’re thrilled to welcome NVIDIA as our latest investor — and grateful for their longstanding collaboration in building EDEN. NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, has invested pre-Series C in Basecamp Research, accelerating our research & development efforts. www.prnewswire.com/news-release... 022
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 15/01/2026What would it take for one AI system to design gene therapies, cell therapies, and antibiotics? @faylinphd.bsky.social explores how EDEN was built to test that idea — using trillions of tokens of evolutionary DNA to learn biology’s underlying rules. Read it here: www.genengnews.com/topics/artif... 145
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchMichael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 12/01/2026How combining AI with genetic databases can harness lessons from evolution to develop new diseases treatments. An international collaboration using information from more than 1mn species offers potential solutions to problems from cancers to drug-resistant superbugs. www.ft.com/content/29ec...ft.comNvidia and Microsoft back AI breakthrough for gene therapiesUK’s Basecamp Research uses species genomic sequence database to tackle cancers and superbugs 42310
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Introducing EDEN — a 28B-parameter biological foundation model trained on 9.7T nucleotide tokens, including >10B novel genes from >1M species. This evolutionary scale is what makes generalisable biological design possible. Paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 045
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Gene editing’s long-running “holy grail” is programmable gene insertion: placing large pieces of DNA precisely, safely & durably, regardless of mutation. @endpts.com Endpoints tracks John Finn’s gene-insertion quest—from Intellia and Tome now to Basecamp Research. endpoints.news/as-gene-edit... 010
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 06/11/2025How can AI and nature’s hidden code lead to programmable gene therapies? Basecamp Research Co-founder & CEO GlenGowers.bsky.social explores this question at @financialtimes.com Times Live Global Pharma and Biotech Summit (Nov 11–12) with industry leaders. 👉 For full details, visit bit.ly/4pPcJpd 032
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 18/03/2025We’re thrilled to share that Basecamp Research has been named to Fast Company’s 2025 World’s Most Innovative Companies list! 🚀 A huge thank you to our incredible team, partners, and the wider scientific community who support our mission. Read more here: bit.ly/43S6CrF #FCMostInnovativebit.lyThese 10 biotech companies are changing how we discover new drugs and treat complex diseasesWhy ALZpath, GeneDX, 10x Genomics, Protagonist Therapeutics, and Recursion are among the most innovative biotech companies of 2025. 052
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Excited for #GTC2025! 💚 Gus Minto-Cowcher joins Microsoft onstage to share how Basecamp Research uses Azure VMs & AI Services—accelerated by NVIDIA GPUs—to decode complex biological data. Catch it live: March 19, 12pm PDT @ Microsoft Theater. Don’t miss it! #MLOps #GeneticMedicine #DrugDiscovery 021
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The Future of Cell & Gene Therapies—Powered by AI Basecamp Research CEO @glengowers.bsky.social is speaking at BIO-Europe Spring on how AI + the world’s largest biological dataset are shaping gene writing & programmable insertion. For info go to bit.ly/3FpB9Df #BIOEuropeSpring #GeneticMedicine 022
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 20/02/2025💊 BigDataWire explores how Basecamp Research is pushing the boundaries of discovery—traveling to the most remote corners of the planet to gather novel biological data that’s transforming AI drug development. Read the story here: bigdatawire.com/2025/02/18/g... #AI #drugdiscovery #biodiversity 022
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Thanks @naturebiotech.bsky.social for covering our work building the world’s largest foundational biological database for training AI. 🔬 What does this mean? Smarter AI, deeper insights & innovations that aid both biodiversity and drug discovery. Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 043
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 21/01/2025🏔️ The journal Environmental Biome has published a our collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey, examining the impact of sewage and wastewater from increased Antarctic tourism on antimicrobial resistance near the shores of the Earth's last great wildernesses. 📘 Read it here: bit.ly/3Chqut0 061
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 20/01/2025🌱 For #WEF2025, Tendai Chisowa & Viswa Colluru discuss how studying nature can transform AI in the pharmaceutical industry—lowering costs and speeding up innovation. Thanks Tendai & Viswa for including Basecamp's work to close the data gap. Read the article here: weforum.org/meetings/wor... 011
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 17/01/2025As #WEF2025 helps define the year's priorities, 3 themes stand out: safeguarding the planet, advancing industries in the intelligent age, & reimagining growth. 121
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 16/01/2025🗻 Basecamp Research's Oliver Vince is headed to #Davos2025. This year’s #WEF theme, "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age," aligns with our mission to build a global network of biodiversity partnerships to train next-gen AI. 📅 Want to connect in Davos? Reach out at explore@basecamp-research.com. 033
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 14/01/2025🧬 At #BioLogicSummit, geraldenemunsamy.bsky.social will share how Basecamp Research's database, the largest & most diverse of its kind, helped our AI protein structure prediction tool outperform AlphaFold by up to 6x. For info, visit biologicsummit.com/training-dat... #drugdiscovery #biotech 021
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Heading to #JPM2025? 🧬 Basecamp Research's Co-founder & CEO @glengowers.bsky.social, CCO Anupama Hoey & new CSO John Finn will be there, meeting partners and exploring new collaborations. 📅 If you’d like to meet in San Francisco, contact us at explore@basecamp-research.com 133
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 06/01/2025🧬We're excited to share a series of announcements: John Finn has joined Basecamp Research as CSO, we've opened a US office and lab & we built one of Europe's largest industrial supercomputers with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing. Read Fierce Biotech's story here: www.fiercebiotech.com/research/com... : 044
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 20/12/2024🎄Happy Holidays from all of us at Basecamp Research. Thank you to the clients, biodiversity partners, investors, advisors, scientific collaborators & journalists who helped share our story over this past phenomenal year! Stay tuned for 2025, we'll kick off the new year with some big announcements! 042
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 17/12/2024🗞️ In the The Biologist's latest issue, Basecamp Research's @glengowers.bsky.social & Oliver Vince explain how to equitably supply the high-quality biological data that advanced AI models need. Basecamp Research is also in the running for #SXSWLondon. You can help by voting for us: bit.ly/3VDFBn8 042
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 16/12/2024🎦 We're in an era where nature & synthetic biology collide, @glengowers.bsky.social told the 2024 Forbes Healthcare Summit. You can watch his panel "The New Era Of Drug Discovery": bit.ly/4fgaZPy Basecamp Research is also in the running for #SXSWLondon. You can help by voting for us: bit.ly/3VDFBn8 032
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Basecamp Research cofounder and CEO Glen Gowers, Ph.D., spoke about AI and drug discovery at the 2024 Forbes Healthcare Summit in New York City. #ForbesHealth trib.al/aVWj2tF Thanks to @forbes.com and @thealexknapp.bsky.social for an amazing summit a thought-provoking event. 054
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 06/12/2024🪼Frontiers In Marine Science has published a research collaboration between Basecamp Research scientists and our biodiversity partners at Heritage Malta. The paper looks at how microorganisms adapt and evolve differently on wrecks at great depths. You can read it here: bit.ly/4fXNvQv 040
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchSu-In Lee @suinlee.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Here’s the updated Computational Biology Starter Pack! Let me know if you'd like to be included. go.bsky.app/QVPoZXp 8017577
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 25/11/2024🌍 Basecamp Research's Co-Founder @glengowers.bsky.social is speaking about how AI is transforming drug discovery at the 13th annual @forbes.com Healthcare Summit in NYC on December 4. For more info, visit bit.ly/4fvhM8k #ForbesHealth 032
Basecamp Research @basecamp-research.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Though our work differs from Netflix, Basecamp Research shares one similarity: Our data is growing by an order of magnitude every year. As we build a digital twin of the natural world, our data expands exponentially. Read our CTO Phil Lorenz's insights in the FT's Sifted: sifted.eu/intelligence... 043
Reposted by Basecamp Researchfeedbot.unronritaro.net @feedbot.unronritaro.net · 15/05/2024How Basecamp Research Helps Catalog Earth’s Biodiversity | NVIDIA Blogblogs.nvidia.comHow Basecamp Research Helps Catalog Earth’s BiodiversityBasecamp Research is on a mission to capture the vastness of life on Earth at an unprecedented scale. Phil Lorenz, CTO at Basecamp Research, discusses using AI and biodiversity data to advance fields like medicine and environmental conservation with host Noah Kravitz in this AI Podcast episode recorded live at the NVIDIA GTC global AI Read Article 031
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 09/10/2024Basecamp Research taps $60M to build a ‘GPT for biology’tcrn.chBasecamp Research taps $60M to build a ‘GPT for biology’While companies like OpenAI and Anthropic continue to popularize the idea of people using ordinary language to ask artificial intelligence agents to answer their questions, write their proposals, and draw pictures, a London startup called Basecamp… 193
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchHomeworld Collective @homeworld.bsky.social · 09/09/2024▶️ Basecamp Research’s new access and benefit-sharing partnership with the government of Cameroon includes a model for sharing data and resources to further research and protect local biodiversity: www.biopharmatrend.com/post/904-bas...biopharmatrend.comBasecamp Research Partners with Cameroon to Share Benefits from Genetic Data Use in Landmark Agreement 123
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchTrue Ventures @trueventures.com · 16/10/2024Read how Basecamp Research is feeding their new and existing AI models more and more sophisticated, fully traceable, and equitably sourced data in Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/f939...ft.comNature-rich nations push for biodata payoutPlans emanating from UN and start-ups would compensate nations for genetic data from their ecosystems 021
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchBrittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 18/06/2024Basecamp Research goes to volcanoes, the ocean, the tundra, the rainforest 🌋🌊❄️🌴 all to provide genome sequences to feed the ever-ravenous beast of #AI models that companies hope will one day spit out biomolecules that Mother Nature has herself not yet birthed. new @statnews.bsky.social 🖥️statnews.comTo feed an AI that designs new enzymes, Basecamp hunts rare proteins at the world's endIn a new study, Basecamp and Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona detail a new AI model called ZymCTRL that designs new enzymes. 052
Reposted by Basecamp ResearchAlex Knapp @thealexknapp.bsky.social · 12/03/2024New from me: Basecamp Research, which is collecting reference-quality genomes in collaboration with research groups around the world, says its protein folding model significantly out-performs Deepmind's Alphafold2. www.forbes.com/sites/alexkn...forbes.comThis Startup Says It Can Beat Deepmind’s Gamechanging Protein AIBasecamp Research says its software platform can better predict the way proteins behave — not with better algorithms, but with higher-quality data. 043