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...
Breaking: The Company Using Biology to Eat the Plastic Crisis
Five billion tons of plastic already surrounds us—and growing. This isn’t waste; it’s accumulation without end. The real breakthrough will be how we undo it. By Futurist Thomas Frey There is a number that should stop you cold. Five thousand million tons. That’s...
Form Bio: The Operating System for Science
Ben Lamm (left) and George Church (right) pose in front of a woolly mammoth. By Futurist Thomas Frey When Colossal Biosciences launched in 2021, one of the first things Ben Lamm did was sit down with his team and map out all the software they would need to actually do...
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...