# Biohub announces $1.8 billion expansion of biological data initiative

_Published Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM EDT · AI, Science · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Biohub announced on October 7 that partners in its Virtual Biology Initiative are committing $1.8 billion in funding, data, computation and measurement technology to support predictive AI models of biology. The expansion adds federal resources and $300 million collectively from Google DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs and Meta to an initiative announced in April.

DOE will invest more than $500 million over five years in measurement, modeling and computation. NIH will coordinate datasets developed through more than $500 million in prior federal investment, with Biohub helping standardize them for model training. The planned open resource will connect datasets through shared standards, common identifiers and a single access point; the total includes existing investments rather than solely new funding.

## Sources

- [biohub.org](https://biohub.org/news/virtual-biology-initiative-expansion/)

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