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SecureBio Detection Grant The OpenAI Foundation has awarded SecureBio Detection $17.2 million to reduce the time from sample collection to early warning of a new pathogen from 14 to 3 days. On August 20, SecureBio Detection announced the grant, which will be used to reduce the time to result over the next year, add three cities to the nasal swab program, and increase sequencing volume. SecureBio's approach involves collecting wastewater and nasal swabs, reading a wide range of DNA and RNA, and then searching for signs of an unusual pathogen. This method, known as metagenomic sequencing, allows for the detection of threats that are not yet on the list of known infections. The grant is focused on this stage of protection, which includes the entire process from sample collection to actionable result. SecureBio plans to accelerate sample transportation, automate and parallelize sample preparation, and configure data processing to tap into more computing power for short periods. The average weekly volume is expected to grow to 80 billion read pairs, with each pair representing a short segment of genetic material read from both sides. The program began in 2021 as the Nucleic Acid Observatory project at the Sculpting Evolution group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. SecureBio will test the sensitivity of the entire chain from sample to final signal to different classes of viruses, and employees and external consultants will seek vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit, as described in Nature Aging, July 2026. 🔗 Read original →