There are people who genetically only need 4-6 hrs of sleep per night. They also "tend to be more optimistic, more energetic and better multitaskers. They also have a higher pain threshold, don’t suffer from jet lag and some researchers believe they may even live longer."
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Blake Byers
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- At Google Venture a decade ago we searched for AI enabled companies and came up dry. That has changed. AI is going to eat software companies. Primarily because it creates entire new UX that incumbents can’t adopt without breaking their product. 10 year hypercycle just started.
- For 20% of SF's public transit budget you could buy and run a fleet of 15,000 Waymos and let everyone ride for free. Thats enough to cover the entire ridership of SF's public bus system with much better service. Assumptions: -Conservative 12 year average life of the Waymo with
- We’ve raised a $130 million Series B led by @kleinerperkins alongside new investors @natfriedman/@danielgross , @vkhosla, and @humancapital — joined by existing investors @foundersfund , @_DimensionCap, and @brian_armstrong (yes, the cofounders are doubling down). We also raised
- I work on a longevity company. My cofounder and I committed $110M of our own money into the company. So you'd think I'm some longevity maximalist. But I don't actually take any drugs or supplements because I don't think anything available today has large enough effects for
- A few friends and I are going to fund a $400k research study on whether we can get a taste of this superpower for everyone. We have some friends that run a gene editing lab at Harvard who are willing to run the experiments. Key points to validate: (1) Determine at what stage ofThere are people who genetically only need 4-6 hrs of sleep per night. They also "tend to be more optimistic, more energetic and better multitaskers. They also have a higher pain threshold, don’t suffer from jet lag and some researchers believe they may even live longer." We
- One of the greatest projects humans can work on is to turn aging from inevitable to controllable. @brian_armstrong and I are cofounding NewLimit to uncover scientific truths and build products to extend all of our lives. Come join us.
- Silicon Valley has flipped Wall Street for power in DC. Surprisingly, it happened with a Republican elect even though Democrats have held a massive majority in tech forever. This is a few years behind tech flipping Hollywood for cultural power but still much faster than I had
- Replying to @brian_armstrongAdjusting for purchasing power, China's GDP surpassed US in 2017. And you really do need to adjust for PPP.
- Daniel Lurie is running a political masterclass. Majority approval rating across every major political group in the city. I would have thought this was ~impossible.
- AI Bio trajectory. +2 years: AI instantaneously generating novel antibody drugs to known targets. Will take +5 years for ~any given drug composition. +6 years: AI improves target selection by 2X, defined by PTS. +10 years: AI doing ~all target selection. +20 years: AI helps
- +$45M on a $1.62B cap note from @EliLillyandCo, Duke, Section 32 and others -- just five months after our Series B. Lilly is flirting with becoming an Aging Company. Excited to have them back @newlimit and for more companies to go after the most important human ailment.
- NewLimit paper just dropped @icmlconf showing our SOTA AI models can predict perturbed cell states. Helps to have the largest primary cell perturbation dataset in the world. Bonus points for one of the first demonstration of active learning in bio.





