Cradle co-founder Elise de Reus on why openness is protein engineering’s competitive advantage
Brian Buntz
Several of the highest-profile AI-biology startups have made openness part of their strategy. Profluent, an Emeryville-based protein design company, open-sourced OpenCRISPR-1, which it calls the first AI-created gene editor to successfully modify human DNA, and says tens of thousands of researchers have accessed it since 2024. Xaira Therapeutics, co-founded by Nobel laureate David Baker with… The post Cradle co-founder Elise de Reus on why openness is protein engineering’s competitive advantage