EP 312 Lee Cronin on Automating Chemistry
July 24, 2025
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Episode 312 · July 24, 2025
EP 312 Lee Cronin on Automating Chemistry
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Jim talks with Lee Cronin about Chemify, his startup that aims to automate chemistry through "chemifarms" that turn code into molecules. They discuss the development of the ChemChi programming language & its evolution to Turing completeness, quantum vs classical chemistry computation, open source tools & academic access, robotics & automation in chemistry, catalyst discovery & optimization, integration with tools like AlphaFold, business models & venture capital funding, supply chain implications & distributed manufacturing, personalized medicine possibilities, and much more.
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