Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires Canadian artificial intelligence start-up

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, run by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, has purchased Canadian artificial intelligence start-up Meta, which uses A.I. to read and comprehend scientific papers and then provide insights to researchers, as part of its mission to eradicate disease around the world. Meta capabilities will be unified in a tool made available for free to scientists. Meta co-founder and chief executive Sam Molyneux said in a statement, "We are very excited about what lies ahead." The start-up now joins an organization started by Zuckerberg and his wife, which in September, pledged $3 billion over the next decade in an effort to end all disease, pouring some of the Facebook founder's fortune into innovative research to meet the goal. "This is a big goal," said Zuckerberg at a San Francisco event where he announced the effort of the philanthropic organization established by Mark and his wife in 2015.