Blake Byers
@byersblake
Cofounder @Newlimit to extend our lifespans. Investor in early stage ambitious founders, 10 IPOs and counting. ex @GVteam. @Stanford bioengineering PhD.
Excited to see what you build next!
A Personal Update By Vijay Pande Today, I’m sharing that after more than a decade, it’s both exciting and bittersweet that I’ll be stepping away from my role at Andreessen Horowitz. This has been one of the most meaningful chapters of my life, and I’m filled with gratitude as I…
Daniel Lurie is running a political masterclass. Majority approval rating across every major political group in the city. I would have thought this was ~impossible.
Excited to continue to support the team @nudge and @FEhrsam. Their team is genuinely super impressive. If you care about augmenting the human experience, go work there.
We've raised a $100M Series A from @ThriveCapital, @greenoaks, and a host of great angels. Everyone’s brain can work better. Engineering that idea into reality is the most impactful advancement we can make to life.
Two surgeries in one day ✅
We successfully completed both P8 and P9 this weekend, our first time performing two surgeries in one day. Both participants are recovering well and in great spirits. We are looking forward to supporting them on their Neuralink journey.
we're recruiting for a scientist to join our Talent team @newlimit this is a unique chance for a scientist to move into the business & ops side of biotech. we imagine recent PhDs & postdocs looking to transition away from the bench are great candidates. you'll be working very…
Math offers pure objective functions. Potential foundation superiority over language for super intelligences. Congrats on the raise @vladtenev and glad to be involved!
We're building superintelligence of the mathematical kind. Announcing @HarmonicMath's $100M Series B led by @kleinerperkins, with participation from @paradigm and many other great investors Welcome @ilyaf ... excited to partner (again) businesswire.com/news/home/2025…
I appreciate Chai’s hard work to ensure my predictions are accurate.
We’re excited to introduce Chai-2, a major breakthrough in molecular design. Chai-2 enables zero-shot antibody discovery in a 24-well plate, exceeding previous SOTA by >100x. Thread👇
Using brainwaves to: ✔️ Play Call of Duty ✔️ Control robotic hands ✔️ Have a neural Mario Kart party ✔️ Regain one’s own natural voice (+ more on eng and master plan) Hope you enjoy our update!
Watch the latest update from the Neuralink team.
The research @newlimit over the last quarter has moved my probability that Aging is reversible to 90% and that anti-Aging Medicines will exist to 70%. Still a lot of work to do! That age is a ~plastic state continues to be the secret that the team @newlimit believes while ~the…
this summer @newlimit, we built our first prototype medicine that restores multiple youthful functions in old hepatocytes. rejuvenating old cells across multiple dimensions seems more possible today than just months ago. recent highlights - +3 TF sets that restore function in…
There are four horsemen of Foundation Models and only one is publicly listed. SEC has decided the revolution will not be ownable.
Seems like @ArfurRock is the private financing platform everyone wished existed. SEC blocks private companies from marketing a fundraise - a well intentioned policy - but the actual consequence is inefficient matching of companies and capital. All founders have experienced a…
15 years ago I hosted a weekly Nerd Dinner with a bunch of friends in their early 20s at Dar Bar Indian Cuisine in Palo Alto. Lots of chicken tikka. BCIs were a hot topic at these dinners. We could never know it at the time, but years later many of those friends would go on to…
We’re excited to announce our $650M Series E fundraising with participation from key investors including ARK Invest, DFJ Growth, Founders Fund, G42, Human Capital, Lightspeed, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, amongst others. We’re building…
My modal prediction for next decade: Interest rates spike as capital shifts from savings (treasuries) to investments due to higher returns promised by AI related capex. We’ve never seen this before bc AI is the only modern project that could affect real rates to this degree. This…
The capabilities compound. Software creation costs -> zero.
Software development is more than just coding. Introducing Droids -- the world's first software development agents. 🤖 Starting today, Droids are available for general access. Factory integrates with your entire engineering system (GitHub, Slack, Linear, Notion, Sentry) and…