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Billionaire-backed Episteme aims to free research from bureaucracy. History shows that’s a tall task ADAM ROGERS I n November 2025, yet another billionaire-backed Silicon Valley company emerged. With a post on Substack, tech journalist Ashlee Vance announced the existence of Episteme, a company spun up with an undisclosed amount of money from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank. It doesn’t have any products yet, or even a focused line of business—just a kitted-out lab space in San Francisco to support 15 scientists following their curiosity in fields from artificial intelligence to biotech, with no need to worry about grant proposals or journal articles. CEO Louis Andre is confident the gamble will pay off. …
摘自《科学》(Science)第391卷 第6780期 · 2026年1月1日,Adam Rogers。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。