Noubar Afeyan

Noubar Afeyan, Co-founder and CEO of Flagship Pioneering and a key figure behind Moderna, shares his insights on fostering scientific breakthroughs. He discusses the challenges of navigating regulatory terrain and the urgency of innovation in healthcare. Noubar explores the vital role of AI in medicine and reflects on lessons learned from pandemic responses. He introduces his innovative concept of polyintelligence, emphasizing collaboration between human, nature, and machine intelligence for future discoveries.

Winston Weinberg, CEO of Harvey, shares insights on using GPT-3 for legal workflows, showcasing practical AI in legal reasoning. Dr. Fei-Fei Li, a renowned AI researcher, discusses the complexities of spatial intelligence and its impact on design. Noubar Afeyan, founder of Flagship Pioneering, reflects on making entrepreneurship a systematic and scientific endeavor. Together, they explore the future of AI, its societal implications, and the ongoing transformation across various industries.

Daphne Koller, CEO of InCitro, Noubar Afeyan, founder of Flagship Pioneering, and Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, explore the revolutionary impact of AI in biomedical research. They discuss AI's role in accelerating drug target identification and transforming biotech R&D. Exciting advancements include a promising ALS drug target and the vision of creating a virtual cell within a decade. The trio emphasizes AI's potential in personalized medicine and the significance of embracing skepticism in innovation.

Noubar Afeyan is the co-founder of Moderna and the founder of Flagship Pioneering. His problem: How do you turn the chaotic hero's journey of entrepreneurship into a repeatable, systematic process? Noubar created Flagship Pioneering to solve the problems he saw with entrepreneurship. Flagship's mission: To create new companies in a systematic, repeatable way. On today's show, Noubar explains how that system led to the creation of Moderna, a company that developed a COVID vaccine and saved millions of lives. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts, be sure to subscribe to our email list. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Noubar Afeyan, co-founder and chairman of Moderna and founder of Flagship Pioneering, shares his journey in biotechnology. He discusses the ten-year timeline and risks of developing life-saving treatments and reflects on how Moderna quickly created a COVID-19 vaccine amidst a global crisis. Afeyan recounts his family's escape from Lebanon and how that shaped his entrepreneurial spirit. He emphasizes the importance of innovation and mentorship in biotech, highlighting Moderna's groundbreaking use of mRNA technology and the creation of multiple startups under Flagship Pioneering.