SandboxAQ secures $500M CHIPS Act funding for quantum-AI research

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 24, 2026 — SandboxAQ has announced a new virtual screening solution that helps drug developers identify promising candidates faster and at lower cost for G protein-coupled […] The post SandboxAQ Launches Virtual Screening Solution for GPCR Drug Discovery, Accelerated by NVIDIA BioNeMo appeared first on AIwire.

The grant to SandboxAQ could reshape global semiconductor supply chains, reduce reliance on China, and enhance US technological independence. The post US awards $500M to SandboxAQ to discover new chipmaking materials under CHIPS Act appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

GM's pivot to energy storage highlights a strategic shift towards diversified battery applications, potentially reshaping market dynamics. The post General Motors signals potential shift away from LFP batteries in future EVs appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the face of growing electricity demand from AI data centers. The automaker announced that it would be activating new vehicle-to-grid capabilities for its current EV and home energy customers. It's releasing a new commercial energy storage system strategy, anchored by newly developed sodium-ion batteries for industrial-scale grid applications. And it's launching a new feature for EV owners that it says will help simplify public charging. Right now, millions of EVs are sitting idly in driveways across … Read the full story at The Verge.

The EU's revised Chips Act could reshape Europe's tech landscape by fostering local demand, potentially boosting regional economic growth. The post EU plans reset for Chips Act to boost local chip demand and production appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

SandboxAQ, the Alphabet spinout chaired by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, has partnered with Anthropic to embed its large quantitative models directly into Claude, making powerful drug discovery and materials science tools accessible through a natural language interface for the first time. The company’s proprietary LQMs are physics-grounded AI models trained on real-world lab data […]

Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models. SandboxAQ is betting that the bigger obstacle is access, and that Claude solves it.

Quantitative models in drug discovery, materials discovery, science and other sectors will now have much wider distribution via Claude PALO ALTO, Calif., May 18, 2026 — SandboxAQ today announced the […] The post SandboxAQ Integrates Its Quantitative AI Models with Anthropic’s Claude via MCP appeared first on AIwire.