Bloomberg Businessweek BioRender CEO on Anthropic Deal, AI for Complex Imagery
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Nov 20, 2025 Shiz Aoki, Founder and CEO of BioRender, is a former lead medical illustrator for National Geographic and a Y Combinator co-founder. In this engaging discussion, she highlights the importance of accurate scientific imagery, especially concerning AI’s potential pitfalls. Shiz delves into BioRender’s mission to streamline scientific communication, emphasizing its extensive biovisual library. She also shares insights on the platform’s rapid growth, early profitability, and innovative approach to copyright through community collaboration.
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Visual Accuracy Is Critical For Science
- Accuracy in scientific visuals is non-negotiable because small visual errors can change biological meaning.
- BioRender positions its vetted library as a foundational safety layer for AI in science.
AI Shifts Bottleneck To Human Comprehension
- AI may accelerate biological discovery but shifts the bottleneck to human comprehension and communication.
- BioRender's expert-vetted visual library aims to reduce hallucination risks in scientific imagery.
A Decade Building An Expert Visual Library
- BioRender spent nearly a decade building a large, expert-vetted library of biovisuals.
- That library now serves as a trusted source for frontier AI models needing accurate visuals.