{"id":2438,"date":"2025-07-10T09:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/hong-kongs-intelligen-ai-takes-on-google-deepmind-in-drug-discovery\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:33:16","slug":"hong-kongs-intelligen-ai-takes-on-google-deepmind-in-drug-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/hong-kongs-intelligen-ai-takes-on-google-deepmind-in-drug-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s IntelliGen AI takes on Google DeepMind in drug discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.7772925764192\">IntelliGen AI, an <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">artificial intelligence (AI)<\/span> start-up founded in Hong Kong, is positioning itself as a competitor to Google DeepMind in the field of drug discovery, as the city increasingly seeks to bolster its AI capabilities.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\" css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-y2bwcc e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In an interview with the Post, founder and president Ronald Sun expressed confidence that IntelliGen AI could soon compete globally with Isomorphic Labs, a spin-off of DeepMind, in leveraging AI for drug screening and design.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;For generative science, new breakthroughs and application opportunities are global in nature,&rdquo; Sun said. &ldquo;Within 12 to 18 months, we aim to land major, high-value clients on a par with Isomorphic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The term &ldquo;generative science&rdquo;, although not widely recognised yet, refers to the use of AI to model the natural world and facilitate scientific discovery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Ronald Sun, founder and president of IntelliGen AI. Photo: Handout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The company&rsquo;s ambitious plan follows the launch of its IntFold foundational model, which is designed to predict the three-dimensional structures of biomolecules, including proteins. 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