Manus AI partnered with Microsoft to deploy uncommercialized Research technology
Reid Hoffman · Reid Hoffman's AI start-up aims to cure cancer | Masters of Scale · Apr 3, 2025 · at 7:29
Reid Hoffman outlines the build-versus-partner technology strategy for his cancer drug discovery startup Manas AI.
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“And that's part of what led us into partnering with Microsoft because both Sid and I from two different angles had some understanding of where Microsoft was, had been working on some pretty unique technology that That hadn't really been, and hasn't really been fully, you know, kind of advanced to the market, and advanced to market awareness, and say, hey, this could be a good way for Microsoft to get in this as well, not just as Azure, but, you know, some of the stuff that the excellent, you know, Microsoft Research has been doing as kind of a, as baseline, and let, let's do some areas where we're building, do some areas where we're deploying.”
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