# AI Can't Do Real Science. These Ex-OpenAI Founders Are Building the Fix. - Date: 2026-03-26 - Category: Artificial Intelligence Periodic Labs, the AI science startup founded by two former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers, is in discussions to raise at a valuation of about $7 billion \u2014 roughly five times the $1.3 billion valuation investors assigned the company just six months ago, according to people familiar with the... ---