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Hear how AI can engineer nature’s comeback at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Publisher description: Not long ago, bringing an extinct species back to life belonged to science fiction. Today, it’s the mission of a billion-dollar startup. Advances in artificial intelligence, genetics, and computational biology are changing what’s possible in conservation research, raising questions that extend far beyond the laboratory. If technology can help revive extinct species, should it? And […]
TechCrunch | Sep 14, 2026 | TechCrunch Events
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Joining the conversation is Ben Lamm, Co-Founder and CEO of Colossal Biosciences, a company pioneering efforts to bring extinct species back through advances in synthetic biology and AI. Where AI meets biology AI is already reshaping software, robotics, and scientific research. Companies like Colossal are pushing those advances even further, applying AI alongside synthetic biology to questions that until recently belonged in science fiction. Explore the Real World AI Stage lineup and register for Disrupt today. As AI becomes part of scientific discovery, conversations about technology increasingly extend beyond software into medicine, biology, conservation, and climate science.
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