A look at Anthropic safety hiring shows exactly what it fears: analysts brought in to stop its models teaching anyone how to build nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.

Most job ads sell a mission. Anthropic’s read like a threat assessment.

The company has posted a run of openings for enforcement analysts whose job is to keep its AI from helping people build weapons, run scams, or commit cybercrime, Axios first reported. One listing seeks an “Enforcement Analyst focused on Radiological & Nuclear Harms.” Others cover chemicals and explosives, financial fraud, and more.

The pay lands in the mid- to upper-$200,000s. The work is not coding. Anthropic wants real-world expertise in fields like biology and explosives. It also wants people who can think like an attacker trying to slip past its defences.

Naming the harm on purpose

The blunt job titles are deliberate. “Ensuring our models don’t provide potentially harmful information is central to responsible development,” a spokesperson said. The company said it regularly hires experts in sensitive fields to stress-test its models before a release.

Spelling out the exact harm, it added, is how you recruit the right people. Anthropic says hundreds of staff now work on safety, probing for weak spots and patching them.

This is the company that critics call the industry’s biggest doomsayer. The pattern in Anthropic safety hiring is its answer to that label. It is spending real money on the risks it keeps describing.

The catastrophe Amodei keeps describing

Chief executive Dario Amodei has spent months sketching the downside. In a January essay he called biological attacks the scenario that worries him most.

“I do not think biological attacks will necessarily be carried out the instant it becomes widely possible,” he wrote. “But added up across millions of people and a few years of time, I think there is a serious risk of a major attack, with casualties potentially in the millions or more.”

He has also warned about AI helping cybercriminals and empowering authoritarian states. Earlier this year Anthropic broke with the US Defense Department over the use of its technology for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.

The labs are writing their own rules

OpenAI is doing the same. It is hiring a researcher on biological and chemical risks, at a base salary of up to $445,000. As models grow more capable, every serious lab is racing to staff a red team.

That race is happening in a vacuum. The US still has no comprehensive AI safety law. Congress has tried for years and passed nothing. Some want a referee: Google’s Demis Hassabis has floated a Wall Street-style watchdog for frontier models. Fewer than one in a hundred AI PhDs go into government, so the expertise sits inside the companies.

The result is a strange kind of self-regulation. The firms building the most dangerous capability are also the ones deciding how to fence it in. Amodei has named that tension himself, calling AI companies the next tier of risk after hostile states. His careers page is the argument and the warning in one place. The people best placed to stop the catastrophe work for the company that could help cause it.

T+A does not build inexpensive audio components, and its new HV reference pairing makes no attempt to wander into that unfamiliar part of town where tourists buy four-euro spätzle and lederhosen assembled somewhere considerably less German.

The German manufacturer has formally launched the SDX 3100 HV streaming DAC and preamplifier for $44,900 alongside the A 3100 HV stereo power amplifier for $29,900. The complete two-box system costs $74,800 before adding loudspeakers, cables, an equipment rack, or the optional $2,190 MM or MC phono module.

We first encountered both components at AXPONA 2026, but confirmed pricing, final specifications, and availability make them worthy of a closer look. The A 3100 HV began shipping on July 9th in silver or titanium, while SDX 3100 HV availability is rolling out through dealers, with some North American listings indicating August delivery.

The price will dominate the conversation, because $74,800 remains a serious amount of money even by high-end audio standards. What T+A is offering, however, is not merely another streamer connected to a large amplifier. The SDX 3100 HV and A 3100 HV represent a highly integrated reference system that combines some genuinely unusual digital architecture with enough amplification to drive almost any conventional passive loudspeaker.

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The SDX 3100 HV Is More Than a Streamer

The SDX 3100 HV replaces the SDV 3100 HV at the top of T+A’s digital lineup, combining a network streamer, DAC, fully analog preamplifier, headphone amplifier, tuner, and system controller inside a 57-pound aluminum chassis.

Its most significant technical feature is T+A’s Path Separation Technology, which routes PCM and DSD through different conversion architectures rather than forcing both formats through the same DAC design.

PCM signals are handled by a double-differential quadruple converter using four 32-bit sigma-delta DAC channels per side, supporting rates up to 768kHz through USB. DSD travels through T+A’s proprietary True 1-Bit converter without first being converted to PCM, with USB playback supported up to DSD1024.

There is an important distinction buried beneath that impressive headline number. DSD512 and DSD1024 require a compatible Windows computer with T+A’s driver or a Linux system running a supported kernel. Network streaming is currently specified up to DSD256, which remains more than sufficient for almost every commercially available recording but is not quite the same as streaming DSD1024 from a NAS while congratulating yourself on having survived another firmware update.

T+A’s De-Jitter Masterclock examines incoming clock signals and routes anything failing its stability requirements through an additional PLL stage. Separate quartz oscillators are used for the 44.1kHz and 48kHz frequency families, reducing the need for sample-rate conversion between them. The SDX also provides selectable digital filters, including FIR, Bezier, and two NOS options.

Streaming Without Another Proprietary Island

The third-generation Audiophile Streaming Architecture, or ASA G3, supports TIDAL Connect, Qobuz Connect, Spotify Connect, Amazon Music HD, Deezer, HIGHRESAUDIO, Apple AirPlay 2, Audirvana, internet radio, and locally stored music.

Roon certification is still listed as being in progress. That will need to be completed quickly because a $44,900 streaming component should not arrive with a significant software feature still waiting in the departure lounge.

Wired Gigabit Ethernet and dual-band Wi-Fi 6 are included, along with Bluetooth 5.4 using aptX HD, AAC, SBC, and MP3. Bluetooth is clearly present for convenience rather than as the preferred method for extracting everything the SDX can deliver.

Physical connectivity is extensive. The digital section includes AES/EBU, coaxial, BNC, optical, USB, two HDMI inputs, and an HDMI output with ARC. The specification currently lists ARC rather than eARC, although that is unlikely to present a meaningful bandwidth limitation in a two-channel system.

A Proper Analog Preamplifier

Many streaming DACs offer variable output and describe themselves as preamplifiers. The SDX 3100 HV takes the role more seriously.

Its fully symmetrical, double-mono preamplifier is constructed with discrete components and galvanically isolated from the digital circuitry. Volume is controlled by a relay-switched network with channel matching specified within 0.05dB at minus 60dB, where less carefully designed controls can begin shifting the image toward one loudspeaker.

The SDX also includes balanced and single-ended analog inputs, making it possible to connect tape machines, external phono stages, or other analog sources without converting them into the digital domain.

T+A has even included fully analog tone controls with individually adjustable bass and treble levels and selectable turnover frequencies. That is a more sophisticated approach than the usual bass and treble knobs, allowing some correction for loudspeaker balance, room placement, and difficult recordings without passing the signal through DSP.

It is not room correction, and there is no automated measurement system or sophisticated subwoofer bass management. Buyers looking for Dirac Live, ARC Genesis, or Linn Space Optimisation will need to solve those problems elsewhere.

The optional phono board is available in separate MM and MC versions for $2,190. At this price, including both cartridge types in one adjustable module would not have caused the accountants to begin rationing office supplies, but the internal option is still useful for owners seeking to avoid another box.

A discrete Class A headphone amplifier supplies both 6.3mm and 4.4mm Pentaconn outputs. T+A specifies a six-ohm output impedance and up to 200mA of current, making it considerably more substantial than the convenience headphone circuits often added to digital components.

The A 3100 HV Offers Two Amplifiers in One

The matching A 3100 HV replaces the A 3000 HV, which remained in production for more than a decade. T+A claims more than 270 engineering changes, including revised board layouts, tighter-tolerance components, improved thermal management, and a new High Current operating mode.

T+A’s HV designation refers to its use of much higher internal operating voltages than conventional solid-state circuits. The objective is to keep the transistors working within a smaller and more linear portion of their operating range, pursuing some of the linearity associated with tubes without using tubes or their eventual maintenance requirements.

In High Current mode, the output stage runs at substantially increased idle current and can deliver up to 75 watts in pure Class A before transitioning into Class AB operation. This mode is intended for systems where listeners value the amplifier’s highest-bias operation and do not require maximum output.

Switching to High Power mode changes the priorities. The A 3100 HV is rated at 300 watts per channel into eight ohms and 500 watts into four ohms, with short-term output reaching 380 watts into eight ohms and as much as 650 to 700 watts into four ohms, depending on the measurement listed.

Those figures come from a 1,000-watt toroidal transformer and 120,000µF of reservoir capacitance. The power supply is magnetically shielded and physically separated from the audio circuitry behind a 10mm aluminum partition. Voltage and current amplification are located on separate boards and galvanically isolated to reduce interaction between the input stages and the current being delivered to the loudspeakers.

The amplifier can also be switched into mono operation, allowing owners to add a second A 3100 HV. At that point, the electronics alone rise to $104,700 before contemplating T+A’s optional external power supplies. The phrase “diminishing returns” may be heard faintly in the distance, but nobody in this market appears to be returning its calls.

What Does It Compete With?

There is no perfect direct competitor because T+A combines several product categories in an unusual two-box arrangement.

Naim’s closest conceptual alternative requires an NSS 333 streamer, NAC 332 preamplifier, and two NAP 350 mono power amplifiers. The NAP 350 delivers 175 watts into eight ohms and 345 watts into four ohms, making the Naim system less powerful on paper while requiring four chassis before optional external power supplies enter the discussion.

The CH Precision I1 takes the opposite approach. It combines preamplification, power amplification, DAC functionality, and optional streaming and phono modules in one configurable chassis. Its modular architecture is extremely flexible, but rated output is 100 watts per channel into eight ohms. The T+A system requires two shelves but provides far greater power and includes its full streaming platform as standard.

Boulder’s 866 Digital integrated amplifier also consolidates streaming, DAC, preamplification, and power amplification into one component. It delivers 200 watts into eight ohms and 400 watts into four ohms and supports Ethernet, USB, AES3, optical, AirPlay, and Roon. It is the more compact approach, although it lacks T+A’s separate native DSD conversion path and extensive direct streaming-service integration.

Linn’s Klimax DSM and Klimax Solo 800 amplifiers represent another logical comparison, especially for listeners interested in streaming, system integration, and room optimisation. Pricing places the T+A system in some perspective: a single Klimax Solo 800 starts at $51,190 in the United States, making a stereo pair $102,380 before adding the Klimax DSM source and preamplifier. Suddenly $74,800 starts looking merely extravagant rather than requiring intervention from concerned relatives.

Why This System Is Different

The SDX 3100 HV and A 3100 HV stand apart because they do not force buyers to choose between old-school analog engineering and a modern streaming system.

The SDX offers direct access to the major streaming platforms, HDMI ARC, high-resolution USB playback, analog inputs, optional phono support, proper preamplification, analog tone controls, and a robust headphone amplifier. The A 3100 HV can prioritize Class A operation for lower-level listening or switch to 500-watt Class AB output when the loudspeakers demand considerably more persuasion.

T+A has also managed to keep the complete system to two chassis. That will matter to buyers who want reference-level separates but have no desire to assemble a seven-box shrine requiring its own electrical subpanel and structural engineer.

The Bottom Line

There is no sensible way to describe $74,800 as affordable, and T+A does not need anyone performing financial gymnastics to make it sound reasonable.

A complete system with the phono module costs $76,990. Adding T+A’s optional $19,490 PS 3100 HV external power supply pushes the total to $96,480. Two amplifiers in mono operation take the system comfortably beyond six figures.

That pricing excludes almost everyone, including many serious audiophiles with excellent systems and perfectly healthy credit scores.

But judged within the reference electronics category, the T+A pairing is not an outlier. It competes with systems from Linn, CH Precision, Naim, Boulder, dCS, and other manufacturers for whom five-figure source components and power amplifiers are entirely normal.

The more relevant question is whether T+A’s two-box architecture can deliver enough of the performance, flexibility, and long-term usability of those larger systems to justify its substantial price.

On paper, the answer is at least plausible. The engineering is ambitious, the specifications are formidable, and the combination of native DSD conversion, real analog preamplification, selectable amplifier bias, and 500-watt output is unusual at any price.

Whether it sounds like $74,800 will require far more than reading the specification sheet while making approving German noises.

Pricing & Availability

The T+A A 3100 HV is available in silver or titanium for $29,900 and began shipping through authorized dealers on July 9, 2026.

The SDX 3100 HV is priced at $44,900, with dealer availability rolling out through July and August 2026.

The optional MM or MC phono module is $2,190.

The complete SDX 3100 HV and A 3100 HV system costs $74,800, or $76,990 with one of the phono modules.

For more information: ta-hifi.de

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Marantz has announced the launch of two new hi-fi separates at a more affordable prices.

The Model 70 integrated amplifier and CD 70 build on the success of the PM6007 and CD6007, and shows that while everyone’s getting into hybrid hi-fi products and active speakers, there’s still room for specialist hi-fi separates in the market.

Both feature Marantz’s full-width architecture that’s made their recent products stand out, and will be available in black and silver-gold finishes, a look that Marantz hopes will “appeal to culture-driven consumers who see audio as an integral part of their home environment”.

Inside the Model 70 is Class AB amplification that can deliver 50W per channel, and is supported by an enhanced power supply and larger toroidal transformer. Marantz says that this configuration results in “greater dynamic expression, improved speaker control and increased authority across a wide range of loudspeaker pairings.”

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There’s a “high-performance” DAC for “exceptional” digital playback quality, and even at this lower price, there’s room for Marantz’s proprietary HDAM circuitry that aims to “preserve the speed, accuracy and musical character” that’s defined the warm, detailed and musical sound of Marantz’s products.

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Vinyl fans can make use of an MM phono stage, while there’s also HDMI ARC for connecting to a TV and aptX Adaptive Bluetooth to stream to the amplifier or connect a pair of wireless headphones to the amp. A range of analogue and digital inputs are provided, plus preamplifier and sub outputs to suit a “broad range of listening environments and system configurations”.

With CD enjoying some time back in the spotlight, those committed the silver disc will be able to have a Marantz CD player as part of their set-up going forward.

It has the same DAC and HDAM circuitry as the Model 70, with a front-panel USB-A input and support for FLAC, ALAC, AIFF and DSD files. A built-in headphone amplifier ensures private listening with a pair of wired headphones.

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Marantz says that “every aspect” of the CD 70’s build has been carefully optimised to minimise noise and preserve musical detail. and this includes an upgraded power supply: double-layered chassis base, rigid isolation feet and “strategically” deployed copper hardware that contribute to “improved stability and reduced interference”

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The Model 70 integrated amplifier is priced at €850 / £749, and reportedly won’t be available to buy in North America. However, the CD 70 will go on sale in North America, with availability starting from August 15th for $750 / €600 / £499.

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Starlink quietly released its latest V5 residential dish, and while it doesn’t boost data speeds, it offers several improvements. Compared to the previous V4 dish, the new model is smaller, lighter and more energy efficient, which should make it easier to install while also reducing your power bill. 

SpaceX confirmed in a post on X that the product will arrive today in the US in certain regions at first. It follows the V4 model that debuted in 2023 and will continue to be offered via the Starlink Residential plan.  “Starlink V5 has a smaller form factor, new lightweight design, greater power efficiency than the Starlink V4,” according to a support page that compares the two models. 

You may expect a speed boost with a new dish, but the V5 actually supports a slightly lower data rate of 375+ Mbps compared to 400+ Mbps for the V4. However, the new model is considerably smaller at 2.4 pounds rather than 6.5 pounds and is just 5.12 x 12.05 x 1.34 inches in size, compared to 23.4 x 15.1 x 1.5 inches for the V4. It also consumes less power at 35 to 50 watts compared to 75 to 100 watts for the previous model. 

It weighs nearly the same as the portable Starlink Mini, but unlike that model, the V5 isn’t designed for in-motion use, Starlink says. It will be bundled with the Router Mini and come with a “pipe adapter” for rooftop installation. 

One region offering the new dish, according to a Reddit post seen by PCMag, is Drummond, Montana. There, the V5 dish is offered only with the least expensive $55 per month 100Mbps Residential plan. The pricier Residential and Residential Max plans only support the V4 dish with the superior Router 3, for now. 

Elon Musk showed the new dish off recently in a video post on X, saying the new dish would be made in “much higher volume than the current terminals.” The company recently announced its next-gen Starlink Mobile network, set to launch in mid-2027, that would provide up to 150 Mbps speeds and “feel like you’re connected to a high-performing 5G terrestrial network.” Last year, the company also showed off a new $2,000 Performance dish designed to handle gigabit internet speeds. 

A judge has dismissed an attempted class action lawsuit against Apple, which accused the tech giant of failing to stop the storage of child sexual abuse material on iCloud.

A lawsuit from August 2024 that accused Apple of “privacy-washing” and failing to properly deal with the issue of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on iCloud has been dismissed.

In a ruling reported by Reuters on July 14, U.S. District Judge Noel Wise in San Jose, California, agreed with Apple’s argument that it was shielded from the claims by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. This refers to a section that protects online platforms from liability for third-party content, namely that of its users.

Representing the plaintiffs, Attorney James Marsh said that an appeal was being considered, as well as other potential legal claims. The attorneys claimed that the class of 2680 people were entitled to compensatory damages of $32.8 billion in total.

Under the ruling, Wise added that there’s no federal law that would force Apple to create new tools or deploy existing technology to identify and report CSAM on iCloud.

“Lawmakers can fix this problem that is contributing to the exploitation of children,” the Judge wrote in the ruling. “This Court cannot.”

The lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice, so it cannot be refiled under the same claims by the plaintiffs.

A CSAM failure

The lawsuit arrived after Apple attempted to implement measures to help prevent the spread of CSAM. But, after considerable outcry, it abandoned its plans.

Back in 2021, Apple announced a suite of tools it wanted to release across its platforms. There were two chief areas, consisting of Communication Safety and CSAM detection in iCloud Photos.

Communication Safety, which is intended to help prevent children from seeing or sending objectionable material, is still being developed as a service. The most recent changes expanded from nudity to violence and gore detection.

The second, CSAM Detection in iCloud Photos, used cryptographic techniques to detect collections of that content, which would then be reported to NCMEC (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children). The technique wasn’t scanning actual images, but instead detected existing CSAM files using known hashes.

Apple received a lot of criticism, including complaints from experts at other tech companies, over privacy and security fears.

Apple ultimately killed off the iCloud CSAM scanning plan in December 2022. In August 2023, Apple provided a more detailed reasoning for abandoning the plan, after being pressed by a child safety group.

This included the potential creation of new threat vectors for data thieves to find and exploit. There were also fears it could result in unintended consequences, such as leading to bulk surveillance and more demand to search other encrypted messaging systems.

Damned either way

While Apple had basically given up on its CSAM detection plans, instead focusing on Communication Safety, the issue simply didn’t go away.

A July 2024 report from the UK’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) accused Apple of vastly undercounting incidents of CSAM in its services.

Apple had made only 267 reports to NCMEC, as required by U.S. law, for incidents it detected globally in 2023. However, the NSPCC said that Apple was implicated in 337 offenses between April 2022 and March 2023 in England and Wales alone.

By comparison, Google reported over 1,470,958 cases in 2023, with Meta reporting 17,838,422 on Facebook and 11,430,007 on Instagram.

While Apple is not able to see the content of iMessage for CSAM scanning purposes, the NCMEC pointed out that Meta reported over a million suspected CSAM cases for the encrypted WhatsApp in 2023.

The now-dismissed lawsuit surfaced just one month later.

Aside from demanding damages, the lawsuit also wanted Apple to be forced to adopt CSAM measures. This included ways to prevent the storage and distribution of CSAM on iCloud, as well as making reporting more easily accessible and complying with quarterly third-party monitoring.

The US’s explosive diarrhea problem is worse than you think—and it’s about to get even messier.

The country is grappling with a large and fast-spreading outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes extreme gastrointestinal distress. There are nearly 7,000 potential cases, more than 3,300 of which are in Michigan alone as of Tuesday, and state officials have identified tainted lettuce as the likely culprit.

The actual case count is almost certainly higher, though, because most people don’t seek medical care when they get diarrhea. And even when they do, labs don’t routinely test for cyclosporiasis, says Jeanne Marrazzo, CEO of Infectious Diseases Society of America. She estimates cases are at least double the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s numbers.

“That’s because of underdiagnosis and also because there are cases that are likely to be mild. Many people aren’t going to declare themselves and get counted,” she says. Cyclosporiasis isn’t as common as other foodborne illnesses, meaning it’s not included in standard panels that test for several types of gastrointestinal disease.

But for many folks who get sick, the effects are, let’s just say, not pleasant. “A lot of times with diarrhea, you have an episode and you feel better,” says Marrazzo. “With this, it just can kind of go on and on, and it really takes people out.”

Bad enough, yes. But about that whole getting worse thing.

Public health officials have urged people to thoroughly clean produce, and some restaurants have taken precautions. Notably, Taco Bell has said it had “voluntarily and temporarily removed limited ingredients at select restaurants as a precautionary measure.” While that might help those trying to live mas avoid getting cyclosporiasis, it’s not the only part of the produce supply chain that can be affected.

Norman Beatty, associate professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases and global medicine at the University of Florida, says the cyclospora parasite has unique mechanisms that allow it to lodge into the crevices of other fruits and vegetables. It’s most commonly found in fresh, raw produce, particularly herbs, lettuce, and berries.

Unlike some of the more common foodborne pathogens, cyclospora is resistant to bleach and common sanitizers used by food manufacturers. “Despite the commercial approaches to washing the produce that ends up in our grocery stores, the oocysts can continue to stick,” says Beatty. (Oocysts are the infectious stage of the parasite.)

Cooking destroys the parasite, but because lettuce and berries are usually eaten raw, there’s no easy way to eliminate it before consumption.

Bill Marler, a lawyer who specializes in food poisoning cases, says that, historically, most cyclosporiasis cases have been linked to imported produce. But the last decade has seen the US’s first All-American cyclospora outbreaks, such as when bagged lettuce from a plant in Illinois sickened more than 700 people.

Marler described cyclospora as becoming “like pythons in the Everglades.” The invasive snakes have infamously taken over the wetlands of South Florida, outcompeting native fauna and inspiring a year-round python hunting season. Cyclospora threatens to do the same, using our guts as the host environment. As more people get cyclospora and poop it out, it becomes more likely that water gets infected. That in turn increases the risk of outbreaks.

“Likely what happens is, it gets into the water supply that’s utilized to irrigate crops,” Marler says. He adds that agricultural workers typically get blamed for outbreaks, but “this is unlikely to be one lone worker not washing his or her hands, or someone pooping in the field. Something has gotten a water supply contaminated, spreading over a larger amount of produce.”

The parasite is also resistant to chlorine, the primary disinfectant used in most municipal water and wastewater treatment systems.

Beatty says it’s likely that thousands more people around the country have been infected.

“This shows us how easily an organism can be distributed to one location within the United States to multiple locations pretty quickly through the networks that we have set up for food distribution,” he says. “This could end up being reported in all 50 states.”

Miles Wang, an OpenAI researcher whose work includes using AI to accelerate scientific and biological discovery, is leaving the ChatGPT maker to launch a new startup focused on developing AI models for drug discovery, according to four people with knowledge of his plans. Several other OpenAI researchers are expected to join the new company.  

Wang is in talks to raise about $200 million at a $2 billion valuation, two of the people said. Lightspeed is in discussions to lead the funding round, according to sources. Talks are ongoing, the deal may not be final and details could change.

Wang disputed the story’s funding figures and description of the company but did not specify the correct numbers or details. Lightspeed didn’t respond to a request for comment.

The funding discussions point to investor interest in applying AI to make breakthroughs in life sciences. Chai Discovery, a two-year-old startup developing AI models that can predict molecular interactions to identify new drugs, announced on Tuesday that it raised $400 million at a $3.8 billion valuation. (Co-founder Josh Meier also passed through OpenAI as a researcher.) Meanwhile, Google DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs, which also develops AI models for drug discovery, raised a $2.1 billion Series B in May.

Wang’s new startup may be working on AI models that will help find new uses for existing drugs and possibly those that previously failed in trials, a couple of sources told TechCrunch. Finding new uses for FDA-approved drugs can result in significantly faster time to revenue than developing new drugs from scratch, as these medicines have already been tested for safety.

Wang joined OpenAI in 2024 after dropping out from Harvard, where he was working on a bachelor’s degree in computer science. (In recent years, investors are once again comfortable betting on young founders who haven’t completed college.)

At OpenAI, he co-authored research papers, including evaluating how AI models can automate and accelerate scientific discovery.