Yes this is another Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw take. Yes, it’s not that original, but it’s insightful. But first, a quick deviation into the pharma world:
Karuna got acquired by BMS a couple of years ago for $14 Billion USD Bristol Myers Squibb - Bristol Myers Squibb Completes Acquisition of Karuna Therapeutics, Strengthening Neuroscience Portfolio (bms.com). You think they got there by magic, but it took Steven Pauls years of believing in the therapy, mutliple chance taking and a gumption to get the capital, the talent, and everything else aligned to get there, as noted by Andre Badalyn The Lost and Found of Pharma: Karuna Therapeutics (substack.com)
OpenClaw’s Peter Steinberger worked for multiple years, had 40+ projects with some great and some not so well-known. It was when he pulled the experience into what would be now OpenClaw that things clicked and it became a phenomenon: Post | Feed | LinkedIn
My take: It takes time to build the future; you need to believe in yourself, experiment, try new things, and be willing to know that success may not happen at all, but the learning means something. Both Steinberger and Paul didn’t get their success early, but they worked and then the circumstances made it pop. If success comes, however you measure it, it will come when the opportunity is ready.
Housekeeping:
Our February Happy Hour is THIS week at Clarkville: https://luma.com/0ht61ndn Bring friends, come along and talk as you all start prepping for Show and Tell. In the event of inclement weather, we will skip the Happy Hour that month.
Our partner for Show and Tell, IONOS, is having a Practical AI Use Cases session, Omnia is leading this session with our IONOS partners. It’s virtual and on Monday February 9th, check it out and send it wide and far: https://luma.com/870p5ps1
Show and Tell: Remember what I said above about building the future, you can start here at Show and Tell 2026: https://luma.com/jzwdvqdr . Come out on February 21st and leverage what you can and more to work on something
If you know of any startup in the Philadelphia/Greater Delaware Valley region that’s in the intersection of Tech (AI, Data Science, Simulation, hardware, etc.), and Biology in any/all sense (medicine, plants, veterinary, molecular, etc.), or even on the Chemistry side, tell them to DM me.
Events:
Philadelphia has a Philly DTC. Go and check them out as they go bowling on Wednesday: https://luma.com/3obfl2ud
The American Chemical Society Philadelphia is having an online career talk Saturday Feb 7th, you can register for it here: Philly ACS Saturday Speaker Series - Careers in Biotechnology Tickets, Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
I love going to it, and you should take advantage of it: The Philly Auto show is still roaring throughout this week Show Info: Dates, Hours, Tickets & Parking | Philly Auto Show
Want to watch the big game with others (I can’t say the offical title since I’m not a partner) check out these links to get some ideas on where to go:
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Jobs:
Dispatch Bio has a Manager of Biomarker Operations that looks to be hands-on but also manages vendors and understands protocols to interface with CROs and the business: Job Application for Manager, Biomarker Operations at Dispatch Bio (greenhouse.io)
If you’re more of the academic route Temple has both a Tenure position, Job Description - Assistant Professor Tenure-Track Faculty in Health Informatics (25002820) (taleo.net) and an Instructional Position for Health Informatics: Job Description - Instructional Faculty in Health Informatics (25002910) (taleo.net)
Ascendis Pharma has a Senior Director for US Secondary Data in Princeton: Senior Manager, US Secondary Data Analytics and Field Insights - Job ID: USDA | Ascendis Pharma | LinkedIn
If you know what OMOP is, contact Ben and see about this Senior Programmer job: Post | Feed | LinkedIn
If you have chops in product management, Karoo Health is looking for a Head of Product, and it’s remote: https://ats.rippling.com/karoo-health/jobs/7e5707e7-4086-44ab-affe-15e3c1743704?jobSite=LinkedIn
Speaking of remote, Immunity Bio has a manager of Clinical programs: nant.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/ImmunityBio/job/El-Segundo-CA-Mariposa/Manager--Clinical-Programs_R2788?source=LinkedIn
If you want to hike up further, BD at Frankin Lakes, NJ has an AI Product Manager role: AI Product Manager at Becton Dickinson & Company (bd.com)
Final thoughts:
BioPhy, one of the companies that attended our AI X Bio event, was recently acquired: BioPhy Acquired by Intrinsic Clinical Systems (einpresswire.com). Congratulations to David Latshaw on the exit.
If you don’t know what OMOP is, check it out as it’s a data standardization format: Data Standardization – OHDSI
Also, AI LLM models are kind of like superhero anti-heroes, they don’t really do teams and like to work alone: CooperBench: Why Coding Agents Cannot be Your Teammates Yet
AJ