Anthropic confirms its Bay Area wet lab

Anthropic has confirmed a Bay Area wet lab where its models are paired with physical biology experiments, as CEO Dario Amodei says AI could cure most major diseases within 5–10 years. TechCrunch’s report says the lab focuses on fundamental biology rather than drug discovery and works with outside partners; Anthropic’s Life Sciences Verification Program gives vetted bio researchers access to its most powerful models. Builders should read this as a shift from model demos to model-to-lab loops: provenance, access controls, and independent review now belong beside benchmark scores, much like the four-day wet-lab pilot for scientific AI.