Colossal Biosciences
Dallas, USA
Co-founder & CEO · Environment
The world's first de-extinction company, co-founded in 2021 by tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm and geneticist George Church (Harvard). Targets: the woolly mammoth (first calf by 2028 using CRISPR-edited Asian elephant embryos), the Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) and the dodo. Has raised $435M+. In March 2025, Colossal announced the birth of three genetically modified dire wolf pups, Aenocyon dirus genes expressed in grey wolf embryos, claiming the first large carnivore de-extinction. 260+ scientists. Sp
Biodiversity · Biology · Science
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