Nvidia invests $50 million in Recursion to train AI models for drug discovery


FILE PHOTO A NVIDIA logo is shown at SIGGRAPH 2017 in Los Angeles California U.S. July 31 2017.  REUTERSMike BlakeFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A NVIDIA logo is shown at SIGGRAPH 2017 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. July 31, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

(Reuters) -Nvidia invested $50 million to speed up training of biotech firm Recursion's artificial intelligence models for drug discovery, which the chip designer can then potentially license out, the companies said on Wednesday.

Recursion shares jumped about 167% in premarket trading on the news.

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