# The Future of AI is Quantitative

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Podcast: [SHIFT](https://stenobird.com/podcast/shift-6601531)
Published: 2025-12-03T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

We join the MIT community in New York for an event focused on AI, innovation, and the evolving role of tech in society. SandboxAQ is a Google spinout that combines AI Large Quantitative Models and deep expertise in physics, biology, and chemistry in order to work on a wide range of hard problems, such as the prototyping of new materials and chemicals for manufacturing. Andrew McLaughlin is the company’s chief operating officer. We sat down to chat after he made the case to the room that the future of AI may not be large language models, but quantitative. This episode originally aired in June 2025. We Meet: Andrew McLaughlin, COO of Sandbox AQ Credits: This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

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