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ai& and Tenstorrent Launch JapanFold, Bringing Open-Source, Sovereign Drug Discovery to Japan
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Fusion42 · 3 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
ai& and Tenstorrent launched JapanFold, a sovereign, open-source drug discovery platform in Japan that runs entirely in-country using Tenstorrent Galaxy™ superclusters, allowing Japanese researchers to access advanced drug discovery models at a lower cost than traditional cloud infrastructure.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Biotech.
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You now have local access to open-source drug discovery AI fully hosted in Japan, slashing costs and eliminating data sovereignty concerns. Expect faster adoption in Japan's pharma and biotech research since reliance on costly foreign clouds just ended.
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