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Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

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May 2026

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Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

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Jennifer Doudna

UC Berkeley

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry

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Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

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Sam Altman

OpenAI

CEO

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Steve Wozniak

Fusion-io

Chief Scientist

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Steve Wozniak

Fusion-io

Chief Scientist

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Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Founder & Partner

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Vinod Khosla

Khosla Ventures

Founder & Partner

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Frances Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Laureate

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Frances Arnold

Caltech

Nobel Laureate

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Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

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Eric Schmidt

Schmidt Science

Chair & CEO

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Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

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Kate Rubins

NASA

Astronaut

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Craig Venter

JCVI

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Craig Venter

JCVI

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Christina Smolke

Antheia

CEO & Co-Founder

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Christina Smolke

Antheia

CEO & Co-Founder

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George Church

Harvard Medical School

Professor

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George Church

Harvard Medical School

Professor

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Thomas Bostick

Ginkgo Bioworks

Chairman

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Thomas Bostick

Ginkgo Bioworks

Chairman

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Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

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Ro Khanna

U.S. Congress

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Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder

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Peter Diamandis

XPRIZE

Founder

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Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Inst Fellow

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Drew Endy

Stanford University

Hoover Inst Fellow

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Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

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Kevin Scott

Microsoft

CTO

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Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

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Cathie Wood

Ark Invest

Founder & CEO

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Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Founder

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Hermann Hauser

Amadeus Capital

Founder

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Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

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Emily Leproust

Twist Bioscience

CEO

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Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

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Oliver Morton

The Economist

Senior Editor

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Daphne Koller

Insitro

Founder & CEO

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Daphne Koller

Insitro

Founder & CEO

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Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

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Jay Keasling

UC Berkeley

Professor

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Thomas Knight

University of Florida

Dept. Chair & Professor

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Thomas Knight

University of Florida

Dept. Chair & Professor

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Eben Bayer

Ecovative

CEO

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Eben Bayer

Ecovative

CEO

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Esther Dyson

BAMF Health

Executive Founder

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Esther Dyson

BAMF Health

Executive Founder

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Jim Collins

Author

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Jim Collins

Author

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Lora Kolodny

CNBC

Tech Reporter

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Lora Kolodny

CNBC

Tech Reporter

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D.A. Wallach

Time BioVentures

General Partner & Co-Founder

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D.A. Wallach

Time BioVentures

General Partner & Co-Founder

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Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom

Governor of California

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Pardis Sabeti

Harvard

Professor

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Pardis Sabeti

Harvard

Professor

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George Whitesides

CA-27

Congressman

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George Whitesides

CA-27

Congressman

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Eleni Kounalakis

CA Lieutenant Governor

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Eleni Kounalakis

CA Lieutenant Governor

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Gaurab Chakrabarti

Solugen

Co-Founder & CEO

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Gaurab Chakrabarti

Solugen

Co-Founder & CEO

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Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

Professor

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Jeanne Loring

Scripps, Aspen Neuro

Professor

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Alison Snyder

Axios

Managing Editor

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Alison Snyder

Axios

Managing Editor

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Jason Kelly

Ginkgo Bioworks

Founder & CEO

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Jason Kelly

Ginkgo Bioworks

Founder & CEO

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Ron Weiss

MIT

Professor

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Ron Weiss

MIT

Professor

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