There's already some precedence for this in machine learning; DeepMind spun out Isomorphic Labs after the success of AlphaFold in solving the protein folding problem, hoping to use it for drug discovery.
LLMs haven't yet made a contribution to science or technology at the level of AlphaFold, but it looks like at least Anthropic is gunning for something like this with their AI-driven wetlab.
LLMs haven't yet made a contribution to science or technology at the level of AlphaFold, but it looks like at least Anthropic is gunning for something like this with their AI-driven wetlab.