Teen Founders Raise $6M to Reinvent Pesticides Using AI
Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI, launching Bindwell and attracting Paul Graham's backing.
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Teen Founders Raise $6M to Reinvent Pesticides Using AI Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — What’s happening? Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI as Bindwell emerges with a bold promise: design next-gen pesticide molecules using artificial intelligence instead of outdated chemistry. Many searchers want to know how the funding happened, why Paul Graham joined in, and whether AI can solve pesticide resistance — and this new model answers all of that while positioning itself as a breakthrough for global agriculture. Image Credits:MONEY SHARMA/AFP / Getty Images How Teen Founders Raise $6M to Reinvent Pesticides Using AI The startup, created by 18-year-old Tyler Rose and 19-year-old Navvye Anand, uses AI techniques originally built for drug discovery to generate new pesticide molecules from scratch. Instead of selling software to agrochemical giants, Bindwell licenses its own IP — a strategy shift that impressed investors like General Catalyst, A Capital, and Paul Graham, who personally backed the seed rou…