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Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in | TechCrunch

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Bindwell applies AI drug discovery techniques to invent new pesticide molecules.

Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in | TechCrunch Image Credits: MONEY SHARMA/AFP / Getty Images AI Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in Jagmeet Singh 7:00 AM PST · November 13, 2025 Two teenage founders walked into Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham’s backyard with an idea no one in agriculture seemed to want — an AI model to help design better pesticides. By the time they left, they had a new business model, a new company, and eventually, Graham’s backing. Now, that

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