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THE HORIZON

SECTION 20

ISSUE 001

PROJECTIONprovocation1-3yconfidence / medium

An Open Genomic Foundation Commons

Provocation: treat genomic foundation models as shared scientific infrastructure. A governed commons could hold weights, training code, curated sequences, evaluation assays, and responsible-use controls, giving neglected organisms and diseases the kind of durable research capacity that commercial demand alone is unlikely to finance.

Why this idea is here

What the evidence establishes.

Evo 2 released weights, code, and a large curated dataset; NIH Bridge2AI is building reusable multimodal data and a health-science safety network.

Source ledger

Read the sources.

  1. S01
    Genome Modelling and Design Across All Domains of Life with Evo 2

    peer-reviewed primary research / dated 2026 / retrieved 2026-07-09

  2. S02
    NIH Common Fund Bridge2AI Program Advances to Next Stage

    official program announcement / published 2026-01-30 / retrieved 2026-07-09

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