Colossal’s chief executive, a starting start that aims to use genetic processing techniques to bring the disappeared species back, including Wooly Mammoth, assured SXSW’s audience that the company is not planning to create a real Jurassic Park-so that there would be no doubt.
‘Modern maintenance is not working […] And we will need a “De-Extinction” tool, “said Colossal Ceo Ben Lamm during an interview on the scene on Sunday at Austin, answering questions from the actor and board member Joe Manganiello.” I think we have a moral obligation and a moral obligation to follow [that] undo some of the things we [as a species] have done. ”
Colossal works to bring back the Dodo Bird and Thylaxine, commonly known as Tasmanian Tiger, and added Wooly Mammoth, Lamm. But de-manifestation of the dinosaur would not be possible due to the lack of useful dinosaur DNA sources.
Colossal, founded in 2023 by the Lamm and George Church, said it wants to have calf calves by 2028, which hopes to reinstall the Arctic habitat. The company also leads a research program for the liberation of Tasmanian Tiger Joeys back to their original Tasmann and wider Australian habitat after a period of captivity.
This vision has resonated with investors. Colossal has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in business capital and is now estimated at $ 10.2 billion.
Colossal has formed two companies focused on specific applications, including a third party that has not yet been announced. Lamm also said that he believes there are “billions of dollars” to be made by the “redefinition” of species and carbon isolation.
One of Colossal’s recent high profile projects is the gene “Woolly Mouse”, a kind of mouse -inspired mammoth mutations. The mice, which have long, loose, tuner fur, were developed using a mixture of mammoth mutations and known mouse hair mutations.
Some experts have expressed skepticism of the new genre, arguing that the experiment was more concerned with mouse genetics than an important discovery in imprinting.
Lamm, however, said the project endorsed Colossal’s work on Wooly Mammoth research.
“He showed us that, initially, our modifications we made for mammoth are the right edits,” Lamm said.
Lamm touched the AI during the interview, saying that he believes that the combination of access to information technology, AI and synthetic biology will be the most “dangerous” set of technologies that people have seen. But he also painted an idealistic image of the future, predicting that the progress of synthetic biology in particular would lead to treatment for cancer, the removal of plastic from the oceans and the widespread availability of pure water.
“We will have true sovereignty in life, where we can eliminate species that are invasive or we can bring back lost species,” Lamm said, “and I think we will also be able to design plants – not just for food consumption, but you will be able to mechanical plants.”
Lamm also said that he expects that humanity will “achieve speed of longevity” over the next 20 years, adding years to the average life expectancy and making immortality a theoretical opportunity.
In addition to human longevity, Lamm said that de-exports may require a “Manhattan project” to support endangered species specifically in “biodegraders” to create STEM and egg cells. Lamm said he talked to “a country that seems excited about it” – without calling names.
Regarding the issue of the public sector project, Lamm said that the colossal is meeting “quarterly” with US government agencies and that the government has invested in colossal, possibly through grants.
