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BIOS
by Alix Ventures
BIOS Podcast brings together cutting-edge insights from Life Science industry leaders at the forefront of innovation. Join us in hearing from Founders, Investors, Professors, & Pharma operating at the intersection of Technology & Biology. By Alix Ventures: Driving Patient Impact - Supporting early stage Life Science startups engineering biology to drive radical advances in human health. Learn more @ BIOS.community / Alix.vc __________________________________ Alix Ventures, by way of BIOS Community, is providing this content for general information purposes only. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement nor recommendation by Alix Ventures, BIOS Community, or its affiliates. The views & opinions expressed by guests are their own & their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them nor any entity they represent. Views & opinions expressed by Alix Ventures employees are those of the employees
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63. Immunotherapy Protein Engineering & Entrepreneurship w/ Dane Wittrup - Professor @ MIT
Professor Dane Wittrup attended the University of New Mexico as an undergraduate, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering in June, 1984. Wittrup went on to attend the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, where he worked with Prof. James Bailey on flow...
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62. Future of Scientific Journalism w/ Holden Thorp - Editor-in-Chief @ Science Journals
Holden Thorp became Editor-in-Chief of the Science family of journals on 28 October 2019. He came to Science from Washington University, where he was provost from 2013 to 2019 and professor from 2013 to 2023. He is currently a professor at George Washington University and on leave to serve as the...
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61. Frontier of Immunological Engineering w/ Darrell Irvine - Professor @ MIT
Darrell Irvine obtained an Honors Bachelor’s degree in engineering physics from the University of Pittsburgh. As a National Science Foundation graduate fellow, he then studied Polymer Science at MIT. Following completion of his PhD, he was a Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell postdoctoral fellow in...
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60. Diagnostic Entrepreneurship w/ Stan Lapidus - Serial Entrepreneur / Former Founder & CEO @ Exact Sciences
Stan Lapidus is an inventor and entrepreneur who currently serves on a number of healthcare and medical technology boards. He’s been founding CEO of three medical diagnostics companies. Two of them have been among the most successful diagnostics startups of all time: Cytyc Corp., which he founded...
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59. Future of ADCs w/ David Epstein - CEO @ Seagen
David Epstein joined Seagen as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors in 2022, bringing more than 30 years of drug development, deal making, commercialization and people leadership experience on a global scale. Prior to Seagen, he was executive partner at Flagship...
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58. Frontier of Immunology w/ Vijay Kuchroo - Professor @ Harvard
Vijay Kuchroo is the Samuel L. Wasserstrom Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Senior Scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Co-Director of the Center for Infection and Immunity, at the Brigham Research Institutes, Boston. He is also an associate member of the Broad…
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57. Future of Microfluidics w/ David Weitz - Professor @ Harvard / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute
David Weitz is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics & Applied Physics and professor of Systems Biology at Harvard University. Weitz is best known for his work in the areas of diffusing-wave spectroscopy, microrheology, microfluidics, rheology, fluid mechanics, interface and colloid science,...
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56. Future of Gene Editing w/ David Liu - Professor @ Harvard / Vice Chairman @ Broad Institute
David Liu is the Richard Merkin Professor and director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, vice-chair of the faculty at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University, and a Howard Hughes...
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55. Future of Nanotechnology w/ Chad Mirkin - Professor @ Northwestern
Chad Mirkin is the Director of the International Institute for Nanotechnology and the George B. Rathmann Prof. of Chemistry, Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Prof. of Biomedical Engineering, Prof. of Materials Science & Engineering, and Prof. of Medicine at Northwestern University.…
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54. Foundations of Biotech w/ Harvey Lodish - Professor @ MIT / Founding Member @ Whitehead Institute
Harvey Lodish is a Founding Member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is a Professor of Biology and a Professor of Biological Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He serves as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and is an Associate (Foreign)...
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53. Future of Immunology w/ Jeff Bluestone - Professor Emeritus @ UCSF / Co-Founder & CEO @ Sonoma Biotherapeutics
Jeff Bluestone is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sonoma Biotherapeutics and the A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Diabetes Center of The University of California, San Francisco. Bluestone is a highly accomplished scientific researcher and...
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52. AI & Patient Centricity in Pharma w/ Frank Nestle - Global Head of Research & CSO @ Sanofi
Frank Nestle is global head of research and chief scientific officer at Sanofi, with responsibility for its main therapeutic research areas of immunology and inflammation, oncology, neurology, rare diseases, hematology, and genomic medicine. Before joining Sanofi in 2016, Nestle was a professor…
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51. Future of SynBio w/ Jay Keasling - Professor @ Berkeley
Jay Keasling is the Philomathia Professor of Alternative Energy at the University of California, Berkeley in the Departments of Bioengineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, senior faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint...
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50. Pioneering Bioorthogonal Chemistry w/ Carolyn Bertozzi - Professor @ Stanford & 2022 Nobel Laureate
Carolyn Bertozzi is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Chemical & Systems Biology (by courtesy) at Stanford University, the Baker Family Director at Sarafan ChEM-H, and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She completed her undergraduate…
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49. Engineering Precision Medicine w/ Joel Dudley - Partner @ Innovation Endeavors / Former CSO @ Tempus
Joel Dudley is a Partner @ Innovation Endeavors and an experienced leader, medical professional, researcher, and entrepreneur. Joel previously served as the Chief Scientific Officer at Tempus, a company focused on bringing the power of data and artificial intelligence to healthcare. Before…
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48. Future of Precision Health w/ Carlos Bustamante - Professor @ Stanford / Co-Founder & CEO @ Galatea
Carlos Bustamante, over the past 15 years, has led a multidisciplinary team working on problems at the interface of computational and biological sciences. Much of his research has focused on genomics technology and its application in medicine, agriculture, and evolutionary biology. His first...
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46. Building Innovation Institutes w/ Patrick Hsu - Co-Founder @ Arc Institute / Assistant Professor @ UC Berkeley
Patrick Hsu is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a co-founder and core investigator at the Arc Institute. He is a pioneer of CRISPR technology. In his Lab at Berkeley, Patrick seeks to improve our understanding and ability to control…
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45. Translational Medicine & Public Health w/ David Kaufman - Partner @ Third Rock Ventures
David Kaufman is a Partner @ Third Rock Ventures. Before joining TRV, he was Chief Medical Officer and head of translational development at the Bill and Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute (MRI). He helped establish the Gates MRI as a "nonprofit biotech," developing novel drugs and vaccines...
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44. Design Thinking in Biotech w/ Chris Garabedian - CEO @ Xontogeny / Former CEO @ Sarepta
Chris Garabedian is the Chairman & CEO of Xontogeny where he supports companies with cutting-edge technologies from early development through clinical proof of concept. Chris has decades of leadership experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. From 2011 to 2015, Chris led the turnaround of...
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43. Future of Genetic Medicine w/ Scribe Therapeutics Founders - Ben Oakes & Dave Savage
Ben Oakes is Co-founder, President, & CEO @ Scribe Therapeutics. He has contributed to over 25 publications and patent applications across synthetic biology, molecular engineering, CRISPR, and zinc finger-based genetic modification. A previous Innovative Genomics Institute Entrepreneurial Fellow,...
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42. Pharma BD to TechBio VC w/ Becky Pferdehirt - Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Bio + Health Fund) & Seth Lieblich - Principal @ 8VC (Bio Team)
Becky Pferdehirt is a Partner on the a16z bio investing team. She focuses on early stage companies building technology platforms for therapeutic discovery and development. Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Becky worked at Amgen where she most recently led business development efforts for...
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41. Cell Free Systems w/ Michael Jewett - Professor @ Northwestern / Director @ NU Center for Synthetic Biology
Michael Jewett is the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence, a Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering, & Co-Director of the Center for Synthetic Biology @ Northwestern University. He is also an Institute Fellow at the Northwestern Argonne Institute for Science &...
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40. TechBio Era w/ Vik Bajaj - Managing Director @ Foresite Capital
Vik Bajaj is a Managing Director @ Foresite, evaluating and pursuing investments at the intersection of technology and life sciences, including in personalized and precision healthcare. Prior to joining Foresite Capital, Vik was the chief scientific officer of GRAIL, a life sciences company…
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39. Future of Drug Delivery w/ Samir Mitragotri - Professor @ Harvard / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute
Samir Mitragotri is the Hiller Professor of Bioengineering and Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering. Samir is an elected member of the National Academies of Engineering and Medicine, and elected fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the...
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38. Future of Organoids w/ Hans Clevers - Organoid Pioneer & Professor @ Hubrecht Institute
Hans Clevers is Director & Professor of Molecular Genetics @ the Hubrecht Institute in the Netherlands. He is also University Professor at the University Utrecht and Oncode Investigator. Clevers is one of the world’s leading researchers on stem cells and their potential for regenerative therapy....
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37. Biophysics & Rejuvenation w/ Stephen Quake - Professor @ Stanford / Co-President @ Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Stephen Quake is the Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering & Professor of Applied Physics @ Stanford University & Co-President of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. Quake has invented many measurement tools for biology, including new DNA sequencing technologies that have enabled rapid analysis of the...
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36. Building Biotech Ecosystems w/ John Flavin - Founder & CEO @ Portal Innovations
John Flavin is Founder & CEO @ Portal Innovations, a premier venture development engine that builds and invests in early stage life sciences ventures. Portal’s differentiated mix of crafted capital drives companies from scientific ideation to business creation, helping entrepreneurs translate...
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35. Accelerating Diagnostic Innovation w/ David Walt - Professor @ Harvard / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute
David Walt is the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering @ Harvard Medical School, Professor of Pathology @ Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Core Faculty Member of the Wyss Institute @ Harvard University, Associate Member @ the Broad Institute, Howard Hughes...
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34. Biologically Inspired Engineering w/ Don Ingber - Founding Director @ Wyss Institute / Professor @ Harvard
Don Ingber is the Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering @ Harvard University, the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at Harvard Medical School and the Vascular Biology Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Bioengineering at the...
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33. Immunoengineering w/ Dave Mooney - Professor @ Harvard / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute
Dave Mooney is a leader in the fields of biomaterials, mechanotransduction, drug delivery, tissue engineering and immunoengineering. He is interested in understanding how cells sense signals in their environment and how this alters cell behavior. His laboratory develops biomaterials that exploit...
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32. Our Path to Mental Health w/ Tom Insel - Former Director @ NIMH / Co-Founder @ Mindstrong
Tom lnsel, psychiatrist & neuroscientist, has been a national leader in mental health research, policy, and technology. From 2002-2015, Insel served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). More recently (2015 – 2017), he led the Mental Health Team at Verily (formerly Google...
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31. The Future is AI w/ David Berry - Founder & CEO @ Valo Health / General Partner @ Flagship Pioneering
David Berry is Founder & CEO @ Valo. Since 2005, he has served as General Partner @ Flagship Pioneering, having founded over 25 companies including Indigo Agriculture, Seres Therapeutics (NASDAQ: MCRB), Eleven Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: EBIO), T2 Biosystems (NASDAQ: TTOO), Evelo Biosciences…
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30. Protein Design & Innovation w/ David Baker - Professor @ UW
David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, the Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor in Biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at…
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29. Translating SynBio w/ Jim Collins - Professor @ MIT / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute
Jim Collins is The Termeer Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Biological Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering & Science @ MIT. He is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and the Wyss Institute. His research group works in synthetic biology and systems biology, with…
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28. The World of OMICs w/ Mike Snyder - Professor @ Stanford
Michael Snyder is the Stanford Ascherman Professor and Chair of Genetics and the Director of the Center of Genomics and Personalized Medicine. He is a leader in the field of functional genomics and proteomics. His laboratory study was the first to perform a large-scale functional genomics project...
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27. The Promise of TechBio w/ Alaa Halawa & Ayman AlAbdallah @ Mubadala Ventures
Alaa Halawa & Ayman AlAbdallah are two integral members of the Mubadala Ventures team & lead the firm’s efforts in TechBio. Alaa Halawa is the Co-Head of Mubadala Capital Ventures SF, where he focuses on investing in venture and early growth-stage companies at the intersection of life sciences…
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25. Advancing Women's Health & Diversity In Biotech: Jennifer Friel Goldstein - Managing Partner @ SVB Capital
Jennifer Friel Goldstein is the Managing Partner for Life Science & Healthcare Practice @ SVB Capital and is a founding member of Venture Forward, a nonprofit that provides resources and education toward developing a diverse, equitable and inclusive venture capital (VC) ecosystem. She is also an...
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24. Tech Eats Bio: Vijay Pande - General Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio Fund
Vijay Pande is a General Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where he focuses on investments in Biopharma & Healthcare. As the founding investor of a16z’s Bio Fund, Vijay leads the firm’s investments at the cross section of biology and computer science, including applications in computation,...
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23. Translational Bioengineering: Angelika Fretzen - COO & Tech Translation Director @ Wyss Institute
Angelika Fretzen is the Wyss Institute’s Technology Translation Director and COO, applying product and entrepreneurial business development experience to the Institute’s mission of taking impactful technologies in healthcare and sustainability from the lab into their real world application. She...
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21. Biotech Startup Revolution: Jared Friedman - Managing Director @ Y Combinator
Jared Friedman is a Managing Director @ Y Combinator, where he works with YC's bio companies. Y Combinator has funded over 400 healthcare and bio companies across all sectors. YC currently funds more healthcare/bio companies per year than any other investor in the world. Thank you for listening!...
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20. VC Firm Building: Cain McClary - Founder @ KdT Ventures
Cain McClary is Founder & Managing Partner @ KdT Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on supporting startups re-architecting the world at a molecular level. Cain is a Physician/Scientist and Venture Capitalist, leveraging technical scientific and medical knowledge/experience as well as an...
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19. Rise of an Operator Investor: Shahram Seyedin-Noor - General Partner @ Civilization Ventures
Shahram Seyedin-Noor is Founder and General Partner of Civilization Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on supporting cutting edge innovations in health tech and biology. Prior to founding Civilization Ventures, Shahram was a life sciences entrepreneur and angel investor for more than a...
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18. Catalyzing SynBio: Ron Weiss - Professor @ MIT
Ron Weiss is one of the pioneers of synthetic biology. He has been engaged in synthetic biology research since 1996 when he was a graduate student at MIT and where he helped set up a wet-lab in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. After completion of his PhD, Weiss joined…
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17. Academic Entrepreneurship: George Church - Professor @ Harvard / Core Faculty @ Wyss Institute
George Church leads Synthetic Biology at the Wyss Institute, where he oversees the directed evolution of molecules, polymers, and whole genomes to create new tools with applications in regenerative medicine and bio-production of chemicals. Among his recent work at the Wyss is development of a...
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15. Bio + Tech: Zavain Dar - Partner @ Lux Capital
Zavain Dar invests at the intersection and union of cutting-edge biotech and software. He has led Lux’s investments in Primer, a machine intelligence startup; Clarifai, which democratizes cutting edge deep neural networks; Auransa, which is developing novel medicines based on computational…
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14. SynBio Revolution: Arvind Gupta - Partner @ Mayfield Fund / Founder @ IndieBio
Arvind Gupta is a Partner @ Mayfield Fund where he co-leads the Engineering Biology practice. He was the first investor in several breakout biology companies including Geltor, Prellis, Synthex, and Memphis Meats. Prior to joining Mayfield, Arvind was a founder of Indie Bio, the world’s leading...
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13. Bio-Industrial Age: Francisco Gimenez & David Moskowitz - 8VC Bio Team
8VC is a Silicon-Valley based technology investment firm investing in visionary teams and backing industry-transforming companies, currently managing $3.5bn in AUM. About one third of their current fund is dedicated towards the BioIT space. 8VC’s portfolio represents a large early crop of now…
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12. HealthTech VC: Adam Seabrook - Principal @ B Capital
Adam Seabrook is a Principal in B Capital’s Los Angeles office, where he makes investments in Healthcare and Digital Health. Adam serves as Board Member/Board Observer to Evidation Health, SilverCloud Health, Bright.md, Notable Labs and Atomwise. Prior to joining B Capital, Adam worked at Hyde…
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11. Leadership Lessons Pt. 2: Mark Pulido - Former CEO @ McKesson / Novartis
Mark Pulido is a 5 time CEO & industry veteran with 4+ decades of leadership experience spanning Health IT, Health Services, Big Pharma, Diagnostics, Private Equity, & Venture Back Startups. He is the former President & CEO @ ABILITY, a national leader in cloud-based solutions for the healthcare...
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10. Leadership Lessons Pt. 1: Mark Pulido - Former CEO @ McKesson / Novartis
Mark Pulido is a 5 time CEO & industry veteran with 4+ decades of leadership experience spanning Health IT, Health Services, Big Pharma, Diagnostics, Private Equity, & Venture Back Startups. He is the former President & CEO @ ABILITY, a national leader in cloud-based solutions for the healthcare...
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BIOS Podcast brings together cutting-edge insights from Life Science industry leaders at the forefront of innovation.
Join us in hearing from Founders, Investors, Professors, & Pharma operating at the intersection of Technology & Biology.
By Alix Ventures: Driving Patient Impact - Supporting early stage Life Science startups engineering biology to drive radical advances in human health.
Learn more @ BIOS.community / Alix.vc
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Alix Ventures, by way of BIOS Community, is providing this content for general information purposes only. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement nor recommendation by Alix Ventures, BIOS Community, or its affiliates. The views & opinions expressed by guests are their own & their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them nor any entity they represent. Views & opinions expressed by Alix Ventures employees are those of the employees
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