Ginkgo Bioworks
A YC company that does genetic engineering. Their hack was to close contracts with large companies to create organisms before they were made, using these contracts to secure investment.
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Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing | Lex Fridman Podcast #235
Lex Fridman
A company based in Cambridge working with numerous labs to conduct pooled testing for millions of children, demonstrating a different regulatory approach.
Jared Friedman - Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders
Y Combinator
A YC company that does genetic engineering. Their hack was to close contracts with large companies to create organisms before they were made, using these contracts to secure investment.
E89: GDP growth negative in Q2, $SHOP layoffs, Alzheimer's fraud, Ginkgo acquires Zymergen & more
All-In Podcast
A synthetic biology company that announced its acquisition of Zymergen.
E32: Behind the scenes of Elon hosting SNL, CDC failures, America's real-time UBI experiment & more
All-In Podcast
A synthetic biology company that recently went public via SPAC, discussed for its potential and valuation.
Bryan Johnson Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
An OS Fund investment that aims to make biology programmable, currently producing fragrances and flavors in a lab, with potential for more complex applications like antibiotic resistance and carbon capture.
Reshma Shetty, Founder of Ginkgo Bioworks at the Female Founders Conference
Y Combinator
A company based in Boston that designs organisms to spec, aiming to harness the power of biology for engineering.
Female Founders Conference - New York
Y Combinator
A biological engineering company based in Boston that designs organisms to spec, and is the first female-founded YC 'unicorn'.