#35 - Charbel Eid

🎙️ Guest: Charbel Eid, VP of Platform at BigHat Biosciences

🎧 Hosts: Sura Hadi & Mike Ouren

Antibody discovery meets AI copilots.

In this episode of Helical Brew, Charbel Eid walks us through how BigHat Biosciences is blending synthetic biology, machine learning, and real-world biotech to accelerate drug design - without replacing the scientists behind it.

We talk toddler metaphors, Clippy moments, PS5 parenting hacks, and how to balance speed, safety, and scale in AI-driven drug discovery.

🧠 What You’ll Learn:

• How BigHat’s Milliner platform merges ML with wet lab workflows
• The myth of AI replacing scientists - and why it still needs them
• The challenge of translating AI wins into FDA-ready therapeutics
• Why modular automation and smart QC matter more than ever
• What biotech can learn from Apple’s AI strategy (and toddlers)

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⏱️ Chapters

00:00 – Cold open: Gaming, parenting, and PS5 wars

01:02 – Meet Charbel Eid & BigHat’s vision

04:35 – What “AI copilots” actually look like in biotech

06:50 – Antibodies, bottlenecks, and platform design

11:30 – How machine learning and automation loop together

17:45 – The importance of quality control (and 5-second curves)

21:00 – Balancing AI speed with clinical safety

29:30 – FDA readiness & regulatory mindset

34:00 – Why partnerships like Eli Lilly matter

39:45 – Charbel’s bold prediction: the AI biotech bubble?

47:00 – Pick of the Week: FDA’s ELSA + Future House AI

🔗 Guest Links

🔬 BigHat Biosciences → https://www.bighatbio.com/💼 Charbel Eid on LinkedIn →   / charbel-eid  

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