David K. Yang
@davidkmyang
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Partner @Lux_Capital. Prev: Co-founder of Latus Bio, Investor at 8VC, ML bio at Broad Institute
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2018
1/ @ScottWu46 at our AI Summit on why @cognition focuses on software engineering while a lot of foundation labs focus on code ๐ ๏ธ
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The future of AI isnโt constrained by FLOPS โ itโs constrained by memory bandwidth. Excited to partner with the Majestic team, revealed today announcing $100M raised, building chips and systems to shatter that bottleneck, making high-capacity AI compute accessible to all:
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Latest investment revealed from Lux Majestic Labs with $100M๐ฐโโfrom the team that ran silicon at Meta + Google... ...๐ง ๐ป1,000x the MEMORY of typical enterprise server
The future of AI isnโt constrained by FLOPS โ itโs constrained by memory bandwidth. Excited to partner with the Majestic team, revealed today announcing $100M raised, building chips and systems to shatter that bottleneck, making high-capacity AI compute accessible to all:
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Lux is thrilled + lucky to back Pavel Gurvich (@PashaGur) + team in their new company @Tenzai_Labs $75M w/friends @ Battery, Greylock, Swish amazing cyber geniuses ๐ฆธ๐ปbuilding agentic penetration testing platform that continuously hacks, exploits, + fixes vulnerabilitiesโฆ
I got into hacking when I was in high school. It was mostly curiosity - understanding how systems are designed, how theyโre implemented, what their limitations are, and how to break them. Then, I started working as a pentester. It was both a challenge and a joy (plus I was
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I got into hacking when I was in high school. It was mostly curiosity - understanding how systems are designed, how theyโre implemented, what their limitations are, and how to break them. Then, I started working as a pentester. It was both a challenge and a joy (plus I was
tenzai.com
Meet the AI Hacker for the right side. Tenzai brings continuous, autonomous penetration testing to modern enterprises -finding and fixing vulnerabilities before attackers do.
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Everyone go check this out. From my dear friend @tonyyikeyang
My album with @naxosrecords is out today!!! ๐คฉ My most sincere thanks to @ComposerVince for having me be a part of this meaningful project, and to everyone else who made this album & collaboration possible! ๐
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1/ ๐จToday history in AI ๐ป+ biology ๐งฌwas made! CZI led by Mark Zuckerberg + Priscilla Chan who've admirably committed tens of billions (and the entirety of their wealth to CZI) has acquired Lux family co Evolutionary Scaleโโjust 2yrs after it's founding at a great multiple...
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Really cool work by @dawnchenx on RNA splicing for cell-type specific expression!
Announcing our new preprint! We built SPICE, a framework that combines large-scale experiments and generative AI to design RNA sequences that control cell type-specific gene expression using alternative splicing - a powerful new modality! (1/10) Preprint:
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Generalists are useful, but itโs not enough to be smart. Advances come from specialists, whether human or machine. To have an edge, agents need specific expertise, within specific companies, built on models trained on specific data. We call this Specific Intelligence. It's
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Debating the biggest blocker in AI scientific progress: the process of discovery ๐จโ๐ฌ & the current research frontier in biology, astrophysics and code with @kchonyc @cosmo_shirley @srush_nlp @cursor_ai
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Agents are finally starting to work in biology. Weโve partnered with Anthropic and major biotech vendors - Vizgen, AtlasXOmics, Takara, 10x Genomics - to build a tool that allows scientists to steer their own analysis with natural language. Raw spatial data to publication
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Last Wednesday, @Lux_Capital hosted its 3rd AI Summit in NYC - bringing together nearly 300 top CEOs, researchers, builders & creatives in one room ๐
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Spent three years looking for a team in Biodefense to invest in. But never found one. So we built it ourselves. Valthos builds next-generation biodefense. As AI and biotech rapidly advance, we're approaching near-universal access to tools with the potential to cure humanity or
Valthos builds next-generation biodefense. Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against
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One of the greatest opportunities in AI safety and security is the chance to help support the creation of new industry verticals that help maximize the benefits and minimize the risks. The technology is moving fast. One of the best ways to keep up is with more technology, more
Valthos builds next-generation biodefense. Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against
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Announcing Lux latest investment and creation.... BIODEFENSE @ValthosTech โco-founded by Lux's @velvetatom Tess Van Stekelenburg + led by brilliant ex Palantir @kath_mcmahon
Valthos builds next-generation biodefense. Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against
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1/ I spent a long time at Palantir chasing hard problems with brilliant people (can recommend). So I think I know a good quest when I see it. Excited to announce that I started Valthos with @velvetatom and an incredible team
Valthos builds next-generation biodefense. Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against
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Years of working on AI + programmable biology left me convinced: capabilities are racing ahead, and so are risks. Valthos started because we need better defenses. I joined at formation last year as the first hire, and grateful to be tackling this alongside a world-class team.
Valthos builds next-generation biodefense. Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against
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Thrilled to unveil @Lux_Capital incubation @ValthosTech - they're building next-generation biodefense powered by AI The team is truly fantastic - @kath_mcmahon built & led @PalantirTech's life sciences biz; @velvetatom pioneering our biosecurity thesis & more! ๐ฆ ๐ฉโ๐ฌ๐
Valthos builds next-generation biodefense. Of all AI applications, biotechnology has the highest upside and most catastrophic downside. Heroes at the frontlines of biodefense are working every day to protect the world against the worst case. But the pace of biotech is against
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@ValthosTech Excited to be out of stealth and begin being more open about what we're building!
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OpenAI, Founders Fund and Lux Capital are backing a new company that aims to detect and counter bioweapon attacks
bloomberg.com
OpenAI, Founders Fund and Lux Capital have invested in Valthos, a startup using AI to try to prevent AI-enabled destruction.
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