Chemical Synthesis
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
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Feinberg: Robotic lab automation trades off molecule novelty and quality for speed
“The kinds of chemistries that today can be automated are fairly constrained. And so your ability to search chemical space broadly for those really top top Pareto optimal compounds is, is actually very limited. So the benefits you get in speed have a very harsh…”
Thiel: Facility installation costs regularly reach 2 to 4x core component costs
“And, you know, thinking about sort of a chemical or a fuel synthesis type process, the core equipment, you know, might only, or the total installed cost of a facility might be two, three, four, even more times the cost of the core componentry itself.”