
Abhishek Jha
Abhishek Jha is Co-founder and CEO of Elucidata, where he works on data-centric infrastructure for biomedical discovery. He brings over 20 years of experience at the intersection of life sciences, data science and machine learning, with training from MIT, the University of Chicago and IIT Bombay. During his time at Agios Pharmaceuticals, he was part of the team that brought four first-in-class therapies to the clinic – all of which have since been approved by the FDA. He writes on the intersection of AI, data and drug discovery.
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ArticleWhy single-cell foundation models have underdelivered and what drug discovery needs instead
Foundation models have delivered breakthroughs in fields such as protein structure prediction, but single-cell biology presents different challenges. This article explores why scale alone is not enough and what kinds of AI may better support drug discovery.


