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title: "Bringing AI-driven protein-design tools to biologists everywhere"
date: 2026-04-17
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/bringing-ai-driven-protein-design-tools-everywhere-0417
description: "Founded by Tristan Bepler PhD ’20 and former MIT professor Tim Lu PhD ’07, OpenProtein.AI offers researchers open-source models and other tools for protein engineering."
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# Bringing AI-driven protein-design tools to biologists everywhere

Founded by Tristan Bepler PhD ’20 and former MIT professor Tim Lu PhD ’07, OpenProtein.AI offers researchers open-source models and other tools for protein engineering.

*Published: 2026-04-17*