The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design (IPD) Keeps Boosting Startups, Fueling AI-Powered Science

The IPD’s generative AI tools like RFdiffusion and RFantibody are being used to build companies like Xaira, which has offices in Seattle and already has several employees in the city. The company aims to combine machine learning with large-scale data generation to fuel new models and develop new therapies.