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Warp Sciences came out of stealth on October 22nd with a $215 million led by Lightspeed, with IVP, Premji Invest and Lux, at an $865 million .
Kevin Weil, who ran OpenAI's science effort after serving as its product chief, leads it; Manohar Paluri, a 14-year Meta veteran, joined as co-founder and chief technology officer.
Warp is a contract chemistry lab with no drugs of its own: AI and robots make drug-candidate compounds in the US around the clock, charged per compound delivered, to pull work back from overseas contract labs. Reports describe Weil's last OpenAI title differently, and no primary announcement was opened.
Kevin Weil and Manohar Paluri launch Warp Sciences with $215 million for robotic chemistry labs
Warp Sciences came out of stealth on October 22nd with a $215 million Series A led by Lightspeed, with IVP, Premji Invest and Lux, at an $865 million post-money valuation. Kevin Weil, who ran OpenAI's science effort after serving as its product chief, leads it; Manohar Paluri, a 14-year Meta veteran, joined as co-founder and chief technology officer. Warp is a contract chemistry lab with no drugs of its own: AI and robots make drug-candidate compounds in the US around the clock, charged per compound delivered, to pull work back from overseas contract labs.
Reports describe Weil's last OpenAI title differently, and no primary announcement was opened. SourcesCC
Sources
- CWarp Sciences exits stealth with $215M (AI Weekly)aiweekly.co
- CIndian American AI executive leaves Meta to co-found startup (American Bazaar)americanbazaaronline.com
This story ran in the Morning Brief of October 31st 2026.