The Importance of Investing in Animal Capital

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I spent a little over, I spent low seven figures on, on this from my pocket. Just for, you know, before we started 2021, talking to people, traveling, hiring external consultant scientists. And then when I talked to Tom Chi, Tom was like, he totally got it. His fund at one is so focused on impact. He understood the science and he was like,You know, we'll take the rest of the round. It's with that happened very quickly. We ended up raising 60 versus 40 in seed. But a lot of our early team. A lot of, you know,. obviously our early team wasn't able to get as much as we wanted in the

In this episode, Peter and Ben discuss the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life through Ben’s startup, Colossal.

02:05 | De Extinction: Unveiling Our Future
21:10 | Gene-Swapping for Species Survival
59:32 | The Return of Extinct Species

Ben Lamm is a renowned entrepreneur and visionary in technology and AI. With successful startups like Chaotic Moon Studios and Conversable, he has made significant contributions to the industry. As the founder of Hypergiant Industries and Colossal, a venture capital-backed startup focused on genetic engineering and reproductive technology in support of George Church's de-extinction efforts, Lamm continues to push the boundaries of innovation, focusing on AI solutions and genetic engineering.

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