Ben Lamm CEO of $12B Colossal Biosciences & $3.8B Astromech

<p>Ben Lamm is the Co-founder and CEO of <strong>Colossal Biosciences + </strong>their AI spinout, <strong>Astromech</strong>. Colossal is the $12 billion de-extinction company using genome engineering, AI and reproductive technologies to bring extinct species back to life, while Astromech is its AI biology spinout, now valued at $3.8 billion.</p><p>We went inside Colossal’s lab to see its Gen 2 woolly mice and sat down with Ben to discuss the technology behind the dire wolf, the race to bring back the woolly mammoth, and the much bigger business being built underneath de-extinction.</p><p><strong>Colossal</strong> has raised <strong>$635 million</strong>, including a recent <strong>$400 million round that was originally targeted at $200 million</strong>. Ben explains why he still believes Colossal is “one of the most undervalued companies in the world,” and how technologies developed inside the company are creating entirely new businesses.</p><p><strong>Astromech</strong>, the AI biology spinout Co-founded by Lamm and George Church, just raised <strong>$20 million at a $3.8 billion valuation, bringing total funding to $60 million</strong>. Astromech is using evolutionary and multispecies genomic data to build AI models designed to predict biological change, with potential applications across cancer, disease and drug discovery.</p><p>We cover Colossal’s rise, woolly mice, dire wolves, mammoths, artificial wombs, genome editing, AI and biology, Astromech, and what happens when humans learn to program life.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Ben Lamm: </strong><a href="https://x.com/BenLamm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/BenLamm</a><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Molly O’Shea:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/MollySOShea" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/MollySOShea</a> </p><p><strong>Sourcery:</strong> ⁠<a href="https://x.com/sourceryy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/sourceryy</a> <br></p><p><br></p><p>𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/zCQuSExl0gI" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/zCQuSExl0gI</a><br></p><p><br></p><p>𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒</p><p>• <a href="https://brex.com/sourcery" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Brex</strong></a>—The modern finance platform, combining the world’s smartest corporate card with integrated expense management, banking, bill pay, &amp; travel. <a href="https://brex.com/sourcery" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://brex.com/sourcery</a> </p><p>• <a href="https://turing.com/sourcery" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Turing</strong></a>—Turing delivers top-tier talent, data, and tools to help AI labs improve model performance—and enables enterprises to turn those models into powerful, production-ready systems. <a href="https://turing.com/sourcery" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://turing.com/sourcery</a> </p><p>• <a href="https://fundrise.com/vcx" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>VCX</strong></a>—VCX is the public ticker for private tech, allowing investors of all sizes to invest in venture capital. View The Portfolio at <a href="http://getvcx.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://GetVCX.com</a>  </p><p>• <a href="https://www.deel.com/sourcery" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Deel</strong></a>—Deel is the global people platform that helps startups hire, manage, pay, and equip anyone, anywhere. Trusted by more than 35,000 fast-growing companies, Deel is the people platform that just works, so teams can scale without the chaos. Visit: https://www.deel.com/sourcery</p><p>• <a href="http://public.com/sourcery" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Public</strong></a>–Investing platform Public just launched <a href="https://public.com/generated-asset" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Generated Assets</a>, wh