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title: "The Next AI Bottleneck Isn’t Chips. It’s Biology"
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description: "The AI Biotech ParadoxModerna’s Phase 3 melanoma data with Merck provides another validation point for AI-assisted personalized cancer vaccines. But investors risk treating this like a software trade, and biology is not software.AI can generate thousands of biological designs in seconds, but physically synthesizing, testing and validating them can still take months."
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# The Next AI Bottleneck Isn’t Chips. It’s Biology

## **The AI Biotech Paradox**

Moderna’s Phase 3 melanoma data with Merck provides another validation point for AI-assisted personalized cancer vaccines. But investors risk treating this like a software trade, and biology is not software.

AI can generate thousands of biological designs in seconds, but physically synthesizing, testing and validating them can still take months.

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