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title: Federated Computing Provides Decentralized Intelligence for Drug Development At-Scale
description: Discover how Eli Lilly’s TuneLab, powered by Rhino’s Federated Computing Platform, is transforming AI-driven drug discovery and biotech collaboration.
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# [Federated Computing Provides Decentralized Intelligence for Drug Development At-Scale](https://library.rhinofcp.com/blog/federated-computing-provides-decentralized-intelligence-for-drug-development-at-scale)

 Written by [Rhino](https://library.rhinofcp.com/blog/author/rhino) | Sep 8, 2025 8:57:21 PM

Today, we share [exciting news](https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lilly-launches-tunelab-platform-give-biotechnology-companies) on a groundbreaking application transforming how pharma can create living ecosystems of biotech partners, enabling AI model sharing, fine tuning, and inference – without sacrificing security, privacy, and governance – all while protecting valuable IP. 

[Lilly TuneLab™](http://www.tunelab.lilly.com) is Eli Lilly's new Federated AI program that lets biotechs securely run inference and fine-tune Lilly models on their own data - without moving data or IP. Now live with numerous biotech partners and 16 ready-to-use models available for immediate use across discovery and pre-clinical workflows, the program is quickly demonstrating how federated AI can shift the paradigm on what drug development partnership can and should look like.

#### Why It Matters

Drug R&D needs robust, real-world tested AI, not just demos. Setting the stage for fewer false starts, faster iteration, and more shots on goal, Lilly TuneLab is a giant leap forward in enabling faster selection of the right candidates - from bench to bedside - with greater confidence. 

#### How It Works

On the backend of Lilly TuneLab is the [Rhino Federated Computing Platform (FCP)](https://www.rhinofcp.com/platform), which deploys [NVIDIA FLARE](https://developer.nvidia.com/flare), and provides a flexible multi-cloud architecture with end-to-end data management and generative AI-powered workflows, federated dataset and computing apps, and federated trusted research environments (fTRE).  Also supporting the program are [OpenAI’s ChatGPT](https://openai.com/) for enabling the LLM-driven user experience and [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Types=*all&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Categories=categories%23compute&trk=7d9db036-98ee-4f08-84bd-9160a8198dc4&sc_channel=ps&ef_id=Cj0KCQjw8eTFBhCXARIsAIkiuOyHFCvYlhSTAvKVfE5R-aD1N1I9OJMCiw0LdzlOryJboIrsiOqmWKIaAszpEALw_wcB:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!4422!3!651751059537!e!!g!!aws%20cloud!19852662182!145019192577&gad_campaignid=19852662182&gbraid=0AAAAADjHtp_Qpujn6TUDXW-vjfGSUwTT1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8eTFBhCXARIsAIkiuOyHFCvYlhSTAvKVfE5R-aD1N1I9OJMCiw0LdzlOryJboIrsiOqmWKIaAszpEALw_wcB) with cloud and data analytics services. 

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Of note, as part of Lilly TuneLab, startups gain access to [NVIDIA Inception](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/), a global program designed to nurture companies revolutionizing industries with AI and accelerated computing. 

#### **Become a Partner**

This is a living ecosystem that grows more valuable with every partner and use case. We’ll be adding more models, workflows, and federated use cases in the coming months.

- [Read the Announcement](https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lilly-launches-tunelab-platform-give-biotechnology-companies)
- [Explore the Program](http://www.tunelab.lilly.com)
- [Talk to Us about Joining](mailto:contact@rhinofcp.com)

 

#### **Stay Tuned**

Today, we celebrate this momentous milestone, but as Lilly TuneLab grows, we’ll be sharing more on its progress and success.

 

[View full post](https://library.rhinofcp.com/blog/federated-computing-provides-decentralized-intelligence-for-drug-development-at-scale)

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