“…by the way, today, there might be an ick factor associated with it, but there might come a day that people will wonder, why are we drinking other species milks… If you have access to the real thing or the stuff that's in the real thing. I mean, it's these special proteins… these amazing different complex sugars and proteins that are found in human milk that are super valuable.” - Max Rye
Max Rye spent more than 15 years helping businesses scale with technology. He was the CEO of a Silicon Valley tech company and at the time, had no plans to nor thoughts of being at be at the forefront of transforming the entire global dairy industry.
But, that’s what happened…
He was speaking at Google headquarters in Singapore, when someone from the audience said to him, “I’m looking for milk that doesn’t come from cows and I know that people in San Francisco are making things with cells, why not milk?” That someone was Fengru Lin and she and Max are now the co-founders of Turtle Tree Labs.
Turtle Tree labs is using cell-based technology to create all kinds of milk, from snow leopard and elephant milk to cow and human milk. And they have big plans for the human milk, bigger than just infant formula.
As you can imagine, human milk is like a superfood with a lot of special proteins and complex sugars that just can’t be found anywhere else.
And Turtle Tree Labs is working around the clock to put it on the market.
The future is here and it’s getting kinder by the day.