Anthropic and Adaptyv Bio Launch Claude-Powered Protein Design Competition

Anthropic and Adaptyv Bio are holding a joint protein design competition: over 5,000 AI designs will undergo lab validation. Participants get up to $1M in Claude credits, up to $250,000 in Modal compute credits, and validation funding; DNA provided by Twist Bioscience.

• Over 5,000 AI designs to be tested across five protein design tasks
• Up to $1M in Claude credits and up to $250,000 in Modal credits
• Previous campaign: 354 binding proteins out of 1,320 designs (26.8%)
• Optimized biomodels promised to be open-sourced