Anthropic acquires Mithril Medicine, a one-employee AI-assisted biotech

Anthropic has acquired Mithril Medicine, a Cambridge, Massachusetts biotech with one full-time employee, two early-stage antibody leads for a rare form of muscular dystrophy, and Anthropic's Claude used for data analysis and paperwork. The company also relied on part-time consultants and at least five contract research organizations, and former CEO Cody Tranbarger described the setup as a "Pipeline-in-a-Person" operating model.