Beyond the AI hype: What smarter science actually looks like
In his remarks at SapioCon 2026, Kevin Cramer, founder and CEO of Sapio Sciences, put a useful frame around where our industry may be headed.
“The marriage of in-silico, smart scientists, and wet lab work is the sweet spot for accelerating the path from hypothesis to evidence to next-step decisions.”
The line stuck because it captures the central tension being experienced by labs and scientists today. While AI is everywhere and investment is rising, the daily experience in the lab often remains stubbornly manual.
And so, SapioCon 2026 set out to investigate not whether advanced AI methods exist, but whether they can be made operational inside workflows that are governed, traceable, and built for real-world decisions.
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