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Calidi Biotherapeutics Announces Strategic Partnership with TransferAI to Drive Efficiencies in the IND Submission Process for CLD-401 Using Agentic AI
SAN DIEGO, April 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: CLDI) (“Calidi” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company pioneering the development of targeted genetic medicines, announced today that it has entered into a collaboration with TransferAI to drive efficiencies in its IND submission for CLD-401 by using TransferAI’s proprietary agentic artificial intelligence platform, SofieTM, including pre-built and customizable orchestrations for biopharma. CLD-401 is
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