The Colossal Foundation: Building the Noah’s Ark Nobody Else Is Building
10,000 species vanish yearly—mostly unnoticed. While extinction accelerates, the real mission isn’t revival—it’s preservation before what’s left disappears beyond recovery. By Futurist Thomas Frey Here’s a number that deserves more attention than it gets. Up to...
Astromech: What If You Could Predict How Biology Changes Before It Does?
A $2B company with no product, no revenue—just a goal: predict biology before it evolves. The next frontier isn’t editing life, it’s forecasting it. By Futurist Thomas Frey In September 2025, two SEC filings showed up quietly in a database that tracks new company...
Colossal Biosciences: The Moonshot That Became a Business
Ben Lamm (right) co-founded Colossal Biosciences with Harvard geneticist George Church (center) in 2021 By Futurist Thomas Frey In April 2025, three wolf pups were born that shouldn’t exist. Their names were Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi. They were healthy, they...
80 Years to an Overnight Success: The Real History of Artificial Intelligence
By Futurist Thomas Frey From a shirtless philosopher in 1943 to ChatGPT — the people, the breakthroughs, the winters, and the single idea that refused to die The Man Without a Shirt In January 2026, Marc Andreessen sat down for an 81-minute podcast conversation on the...