$Exscientia (EXAI.US)$ Exscientia surged 23% on its first da...

$Exscientia (EXAI.US)$ Exscientia surged 23% on its first day of listing, SoftBank is the largest external shareholder

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Oxford, UK, Exscientia provides an artificial intelligence-driven platform for drug design, discovery and development. The SoftBank Vision Fund is currently its largest external shareholder, accounting for 16.3%.

Exscientia landed on the Nasdaq market on October 1st, opened up 24.09% to $27.30, closed up 23.18% on the day, and had a market value of $3.2 billion. It became the European biotech company with the highest IPO financing amount in the history of the world and the highest market value in the United Kingdom. Biotech company.