Revolutionizing Drug Development for Rare Diseases Through AI | Alok Tayi

The DeSci Podcast

In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Alok Tayi, the co-founder of Vibe Bio.Vibe Bio is a life science company dedicated to investing in biotech firms, with a special focus on rare and overlooked diseases.

In this episode, Alok shares his personal story of how medical conditions in his family led to the creation of Vibe Bio, and how the company aims to identify diseases with unmet needs, leveraging AI to find medicines with the highest chances of providing cures.

We discuss the complexities of drug development, the advantages of DAOs as an organizational structure and common misconceptions within the Biopharma industry. Alok also shares his insights on the transformative role of AI in drug discovery, discussing its utilization, the methods used for training AI models, the issue of AI bias, and the current limitations and challenges faced in leveraging AI to advance drug development.

Feel free to navigate through any of the topics discussed in the podcast using the timestamps below.

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⭐ Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

01:51 What led you to create Vibe

02:52 Diseases Vibe Focuses On

04:37 Complexities in Drug Development

7:49 Advantages of DAOs

12:00 Misconceptions in Academia & the Private Sector

16:53 Areas you’re willing to explore with more funding.

23:59 Utilizing AI tools in Drug Discovery

28:50 Bias in AI

32:54 AI Training Methods

36:58 Limits of AI in Drug Discovery

39:56 Implicit Knowledge in Drug Development

49:30 Outro

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Special thanks to

Lea: https://twitter.com/lealeata

Alok: https://twitter.com/aloktayi

Learn more about Vibe Bio here: https://vibebio.com/

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