Noor is the Founder and CEO of Orchid, a reproductive technology company measuring genetic predisposition to disease for the purpose of helping people have healthier babies. Prior to creating Orchid, Noor was a Thiel Fellow and an AI researcher at Stanford where she worked on applications of deep learning to genomics. Follow Noor on X @noor_siddiquiz_ and Orchid @OrchidInc.
[0:16] - The personal motivation behind Noor’s interest in genomics
[11:31] - Embracing “weirdness” as a child
[15:42] - The Thiel Fellowship and Stanford experiences
[22:30] - How and why Noor got interested in crypto in college
[24:30] - How Orchid measures risks at the embryo stage
[28:12] - Using Orchid’s data to make informed health decisions
[38:47] - Comparing Orchid to other existing embryo screening tech
[42:52] - How Orchid accomplished a 100x technological improvement
[51:25] - Current costs of embryo screening and paths to lower them
[57:55] - Noor’s thoughts on the future of genomic technologies
[1:03:47] - How reproductive tech relates to human longevity
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