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Aureka Launches Free AI Drug Discovery Model
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Fusion42 · 8 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Aureka released OpenDDE, a 655M-parameter open-source biomolecular foundation model for AI-driven drug discovery, making advanced structural reasoning infrastructure freely available under Apache-2.0 license—contrasting the proprietary approach of competitors like Isomorphic Labs and Insilico Medicine.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models, Drug Discovery and Biotech.
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Open-source structural reasoning infrastructure lowers barriers to entry for biotech founders pursuing antibody and therapeutic design; mirrors LLM acceleration dynamics and creates opportunity to build on publicly validated models rather than proprietary black boxes.
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