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Aureka Limited Appoints Zane Smith As Chief Operating Officer

PRIVATEJul 28, 202613 days ago

Position

Chief Operating Officer

Company

Aureka

Zane Smith
BiotechnologyArtificial IntelligenceMachine Learning

Description

Aureka Limited has appointed Zane Smith as Chief Operating Officer effective 17 August 2026. Smith will lead the delivery of the Comstock Gold and Silver Project into first production and manage early-stage studies on the Irvine Gold Project.

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Company

Aureka

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Aureka is an AI TechBio company focused on developing infrastructure for AI-driven biologics discovery. They aim to advance open scientific AI for biomedical research that benefits patients. Their latest release, Open Drug Discovery Engine (OpenDDE), is designed to accelerate drug discovery by providing an open-source, all-atom biomolecular foundation model.

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