Genesis Mission: $5B in grants announced
The White House announced approximately $5 billion in Genesis Mission grants at a recent summit, with many focused on biotech and AI for science.
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Michael Kratsios on the New Golden Age of American Science | EP #276
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Aug 4, 2026
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Longevity, Biotech, and What's Missing From the Golden Age Report
At 52:13 · chapter starts 51:45
Peter notes that Kratsios's six national technology missions — AI, quantum, commercial fusion, lunar exploration, robotics, and next-generation semiconductors — conspicuously omit longevity and biotech. Kratsios acknowledges this directly, noting that longevity wasn't explicitly listed, though much of the biotech work is nested under the Genesis Mission's AI-for-science umbrella. He confirms that roughly $5 billion in Genesis Mission grants were announced at a recent summit, with many focused on biotech applications. The conversation then surfaces Dario Amodei's claim of potentially doubling human lifespan in 5–10 years, and Demis Hassabis's assertion — delivered to Kratsios personally — that AI could cure all diseases within a decade. Kratsios recalls being genuinely unsure whether Hassabis was joking. He was not.
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