Sanofi makes AI play, putting up $100M and billions in biobucks to form broad deal with Exscientia

Sanofi is getting deeper into AI-driven R&D. After working with AI drug discovery shop Exscientia for five years, Sanofi has significantly expanded its relationship, putting up $100 million and $5.2 billion on the backend for the chance to work on up to 15 small molecules across oncology and immunology.