▶️ Guest: Ingrid Barbosa-Farias, Founder of SimAtomic
🎙 Hosts: Sura Hadi, Mike Ouren & Elizabeth Rodziewicz
📻 This episode of AI Thought Leaders dives into the powerful intersection of molecular simulations and AI - and how one founder is using smarter algorithms to accelerate drug discovery and reduce R&D costs by up to 200x.
Ingrid Barbosa-Farias shares her journey from biotech bench scientist to founder of SimAtomic, a no-code platform making molecular dynamics simulations accessible to everyone - not just elite pharma labs. We explore how generative models are replacing traditional docking, what makes collagen so hard to model, and why reasoning-based AI could change medicine forever.
🔹 What SimAtomic is doing to democratize simulation
🔹 $100 in GPU = $20,000 saved in the lab🔹 Why smarter models overtakes more data
🔹 Simulating entire cells - and beyond
🔹 The dark side of AI’s “black box” problem
🔹 How founders and individuals can compete with Big Pharma
🔹 And yes… the AI model that says “It’s a T cell” every time
🍻 Whether you're building a biotech company, training models, or just wondering what AI can really do in drug discovery - this one’s for you.
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⏱️ EPISODE CHAPTERS - NAVIGATE THE EPISODE
00:00 – Cold Open: What if AI could cut drug discovery time in half?
00:32 – Welcome to AI Thought Leaders w/ Ingred Barbosa-Farias
02:34 – From Biologist to Founder: The Simatomic Origin Story
04:12 – What’s New: AI + Molecular Simulations
05:22 – Making Simulations Faster with Machine Learning
06:39 – Why Simulating Collagen Could Transform Cancer Research
07:44 – Real-World Use Cases: Speed + Accuracy with AI
08:26 – Docking vs. Dynamics: Explained for Non-Experts
09:41 – How Simulations Save $20,000 in Wet Lab Costs
12:34 – What’s Holding Back AI in Biology?
14:26 – Data Access, IP Walls & Collaboration Barriers
18:44 – Are AI-Designed Drugs Almost Here?24:33 – The Need for Logic-Based AI Models
27:43 – Can Small Startups Compete in This Space?
29:21 – From Sci-Fi to Spock: When AI Reasons Logically
35:18 – Simatomic Launch & First Research Collaborations
36:57 – Simulating Entire Cells & In Silico Experiments
40:03 – Where to Find Simatomic
41:30 – Final Thoughts + Outro
🌐 Simatomic: https://www.simatomic.com
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