Crazy Until It's Not: Startups, Venture Capital & Big Ideas

All human brains will be connected to the internet | Saturnin Pugnet | Worldcoin | firstminute capital

🔗 Humans, Connected: The Age of the Exocortex 🌐 Imagine a world where you’re seamlessly connected to the internet, not through screens and keyboards, but directly through your brain. Our minds are already a marvel of evolution, with three layers: 1. Reptilian Brain: The ancient core responsible for keeping us alive by regulating basic functions like breathing. 2. Mammalian (Limbic) Brain: The “monkey brain,” managing emotions like fear and excitement. 3. Neocortex: Our human layer, dedicated to logic, reason, and creativity. ✨ Enter the Exocortex—a revolutionary fourth layer. Soon, we’ll be able to read and write information directly to our brains, allowing seamless integration with the internet. 🧠 Imagine this: You’re able to remember scenes from a movie you've never seen before because your Exocortex looked it up and now it feels as real as any personal memory. 🎥 Your imagination becomes your reality. 📚 Forgot what you read in a book? Your Exocortex retrieves it in an instant. 🌍 Curious about global events? The Exocortex brings you firsthand insights as if you were there. The boundaries between “you” and the world’s knowledge will blur. The Exocortex won’t just connect us to the internet; it will be the internet. The future isn’t just at our fingertips—it’s in our minds. 🔌 Are you ready for the Exocortex era? #Exocortex #FutureOfHumanity #NeuralInterface #Neurotech #Innovation #DigitalTransformation

We can engineer biology | Stef van Grieken | founder of Cradle | firstminute capital

DNA is an alien programming language - that can be learned That's the mind blowing idea of Stef van Grieken [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#], the founder of Cradle [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#], which is unlocking the keys to human biology. What does he mean here? Well, DNA was not designed like most languages, but it evolved, and so it's hard to understand and harder to engineer.  But what if, similarly to how we have learned natural language, we might be able to engineer organic chemistry? That's exciting because most of the things around us are biology, including ourselves.  So if we could tweak that or engineer that then that could open up a really exciting future.  Imagine the possibilities if we could engineer life itself to solve global challenges, from health to sustainability!

Product beats tech | Mehdi Ghissassi | Head of Product & Deepmind | firstminute capital

In the global AI race, product will matter more than tech.  That's the prediction from Mehdi Ghissassi, the Head of Product & Deepmind  Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discover more about why it's the builders who bring AI tech to life that will conqueror the world.

Buildings will be grown | Tim Fu | Studio Tim Fu | firstminute capital

In the future, buildings will be grown not built That's the prediction from Tim Fu, the Generative AI architect and founder of Studio Tim Fu.  We're already well on our way, with advances in synthetic biology.  But there is so much further to go. Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discovery the future of biology.

We will program our biology | Dr Mark Kotter | bit.bio | firstminute capital

In the future we will be able to program biology.  That's the prediction from Dr Mark Kotter, the founder of three synth bio companies bit.bio, clock.bio and Meatable. We're already well on our way, with the ability to perform feats like turning bacteria into lightbulbs.  But there is so much further to go. Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discovery the future of biology.