AI requires macaque. Its development accelerated drug development, which is why pharmaceutical giants purchase primates for group experiments. The price of one macaque jumped from $3,000 to $20,000 in five years. In the past, the US bought them from China, but exports have been shut down, and now it will be necessary to breed experimental animals from scratch. Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale has already invested in Safer Human Medicine, a startup that promises to breed 30,000 monkeys in the United States within 20 years.

AI requires macaque. Its development accelerated drug development, which is why pharmaceutical giants purchase primates for group experiments. The price of one macaque jumped from $3,000 to $20,000 in five years. In the past, the US bought them from China, but exports have been shut down, and now it will be necessary to breed experimental animals from scratch. Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale has already invested in Safer Human Medicine, a startup that promises to breed 30,000 monkeys in the United States within 20 years.