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a16z Bio + Health #14: How do we safely deliver more gene therapies?

Episode Summary

Gene therapy has the potential to treat thousand of diseases, but to date there are only two approved gene therapies. Dyno Therapeutics founders Eric Kelsic and Sam Sinai join to discuss how AI could help design a fleet of delivery vehicles and create the FedEx for gene therapy.

Episode Notes

• What inspired Eric and Sam to start Dyno [4:09]
• How does the use of ML impact Dyno's GTM [10:40]
• The current challenges of gene therapy [21:43]
• Why Dyno wants to be a horizontal platform for gene therapy [30:56]
• How does Dyno think about competition [44:23]
• After party and audience Q&A [52:01]

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