CZ Biohub, DOE, and NIH Commit $1.8 Billion to Open AI-Ready Biological Data

CZ Biohub, the Department of Energy, and the NIH commit $1.8 billion to generate open, AI-ready biological data for predicting and treating disease. The DOE plans to spend more than $500 million over five years through its Genesis Mission, while Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, and Meta together invest $300 million in the Virtual Biology Initiative. Biohub will standardize datasets from prior NIH-funded repositories for AI model training.

• Biohub, the Department of Energy, the NIH, and new funding partners commit $1.8 billion to generate open, AI-ready biological data for predicting and treating disease.
• The DOE invests more than $500 million over five years through its Genesis Mission, drawing on exascale supercomputing and autonomous laboratories across the National Laboratory system.
• Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs, and Meta collectively invest $300 million in the Virtual Biology Initiative, announced in April 2026, to build predictive models of life.