Beyond the Old World

America’s institutions excel at research but leave critical
breakthroughs languishing on the benchtop

Leadership

Founder & CEO

Thiel Fellow. Led a Class II brain-computer interface through FDA review. Built a garage nanofab for bioelectronics and metasurfaces.

Head of Science

Nanoengineering Ph.D. Stanford postdoc in viral capture and medical devices. Holds the world record for the smallest working cannon.

Ph.D. in Nanoengineering and postdoc at Stanford in viral capture and medical devices. World record holder for the smallest working cannon.

Head of Operations

Sold his company to Nestlé. Scaled AgelessRX from 5 to 120 staff and 225,000 customers. Researched microbial ecosystems while at BU.

Sold his previous company to Nestlé. Scaled AgelessRX from 5 to 120 employees and 225,000 customers. Microbial ecosystems research at BU.

Head of Government

Built and deployed the military's largest ever biodefense program ($600M+, qPCR across 230 sites). Fmr. USAF Force Protection Chief.

Built and deployed the largest biodefense program in military history ($600M+, qPCR @ 230 installations). Fmr. USAF Force Protection Chief.

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