# Ep199: Martin Burke on Making Small Molecule Medicines for the AI Era

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Published: 2026-04-21T13:21:25+00:00
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Duration seconds: 4208

## Resource

Marty Burke, a professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois and co-founder of Excelsior Sciences, on making small molecule synthesis more automated for AI.

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