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Ionis loses a veteran as Recursion installs its first AI chief
Jul 31, 2026SOURCE: endpoints.news
SO WHAT
The window is still open, but the firms that adapt fastest to machine intelligence will set the pace of the next cycle.
Frank Bennett is retiring after 37 years at Ionis, while Recursion appoints its first AI chief. The old biotech guard is thinning as the center of gravity shifts toward machine-mediated discovery.
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