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Anthropic Buys One-Person Biotech to Prove Claude Can Make Drugs

Source: PYMNTS.com•November 3, 2026

Anthropic said Oct. 27 it acquired Mithril Medicine, a startup developing treatments for two rare forms of muscular dystrophy. Founder Cody Tranbarger, Mithril’s only full-time employee, used Claude to organize contracts, logistics and experiments across 11 external labs and delegated other parts of the business to the

Anthropic said Oct. 27 it acquired Mithril Medicine, a startup developing treatments for two rare forms of muscular dystrophy. Founder Cody Tranbarger, Mithril’s only full-time employee, used Claude to organize contracts, logistics and experiments across 11 external labs and delegated other parts of the business to the

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