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Embryo Corporation; Colossal and Viagen; Remilk; Evolutionary Scale; Lab-grown egg whites in Walmarts; Synonym; James Watson; first $T-dollar biotech; Asterix Foods; BilliontoOne IPO

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1. 🐎 Embryo Corporation edited horse embryos directly for the first time. They have also edited cat embryos to make hypoallergenic pets.

2. 👶 OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong are funding Preventive, one of the new startups researching CRISPR babies.

3. 🎙️ Listen to the newest Biofounders interview with Grace Chuang on the biocreative path, fears in biotech branding, and what biotech is missing today.

4. 🦣 Colossal Bioscience acquired Viagen to expand their de-extinction efforts through cloning and cryopreservation biotech.

5. 🥛 Remilk is partnering with Gad Dairies to sell their bio-identical milk in Israel, the US, Canada and Singapore.

6. 🔬 The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative acquired Evolutionary Scale. The organization is refocusing its efforts on AI applied to scientific research.

7. 🥚 EVERY raised $55M in a series D to expand their manufacturing capacity for precision fermentation egg proteins now hitting Walmarts across the US.

8. 🤖 Jeff Bezos is launching Project Prometheus with $6.2B to apply AI to the physical world, including drug discovery.

9. 🏭 Synonym raised $20M series A led by a South Korean conglomerate with other investments in biomanufacturing.

10. James Watson passed away this month. I think we should revisit his misogynous, racist and homophobic comments with new eyes.

Extra Biopunk: Asterix Foods, selective crystallization for cheaper purification, BilliontoOne IPO, first trillion-dollar biotech, the AGI argument for longevity.