The Startup Building AI Scientists - Cristian Ponce & Théo Schäfer of Tetsuwan

Cristian Ponce and Théo Schäfer are the co-founders of Tetsuwan, a startup building AI scientists to accelerate life science research. See below for episode links, chapters, our socials, and how to send us feedback. Want to dig deeper? Check out our newsletter. Thanks for hanging with us 🙏🤙

Episode Links:

• Tetsuwan Scientific
• Cristian's LinkedIn
• Théo's LinkedIn
• Accelerate Conference
• Symbolic AI Explainer

Chapters:

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (02:44) - Why AI Scientists
• (06:48) - Founding Story
• (13:50) - First Customer Delivery
• (22:06) - Building in EU or US
• (24:43) - State Of Life Science Robots
• (29:50) - Emerging Technological Enablers
• (41:44) - Rules-Based vs ML-Based AI
• (49:40) - Lab Automation Industry Today
• (57:38) - Addressing Safety
• (1:07:12) - How To Join Tetsuwan

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