BioNTech Beefs Up AI/ML Investment With InstaDeep Buy
Executive Summary
The company is spending up to £562m to acquire artificial intelligence/machine learning provider InstaDeep, which it has partnered with since 2020, as competitor Moderna has made digital technology a cornerstone of its strategy.
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