Longevity is a scorching pattern in Silicon Valley lately, pushed by rising curiosity—particularly among the many rich—in stopping illness by means of common testing.
A brand new participant, Biograph, has simply emerged from stealth, and it’s co-founded by one of many largest names in longevity science: Dr. Peter Attia. Attia is a Canadian-American doctor greatest often known as the writer of the bestseller “Outlive: The Science and Artwork of Longevity” and for his podcast.
Biograph’s CEO and different co-founder is John Hering, a outstanding Silicon Valley determine. A cybersecurity founder who infamously scanned celebrities’ cellphones on the 2005 Academy Awards, Hering has turn into greatest often known as one Elon Musk’s largest backers by means of his function as a associate at Vy Capital. There, Hering has poured billions into Musk’s startups and donated $500,000 to a pro-Trump tremendous PAC earlier than the election, per a WSJ profile.
Biograph calls itself the world’s “most superior” preventive well being and diagnostics clinic. It at present has a location in Silicon Valley with plans to open in New York Metropolis this quarter, and finally increase globally, in accordance to an announcement on its website.
The startup says it is going to acquire over 1,000 knowledge factors throughout 30+ evaluations to color a holistic image of somebody’s well being and optimize their lifespan. It doesn’t come low-cost: its Core membership prices $7,500 per yr whereas the premium Black membership—which it says offers the “deepest insights”—runs $15,000.
Biograph is backed by Vy Capital, Human Capital, Alpha Wave, and Wndr Co, together with angel buyers together with Balaji Srinivasan, the startup informed TechCrunch. Biograph declined to specify how a lot funding it has raised.
In a statement, Hering stated he was impressed to co-found Biograph by the most cancers prognosis of his Vy Capital associate and good friend Alexander Tamas. Tamas posted on X {that a} check-up in his late 30s resulted in an early thyroid most cancers prognosis that most likely saved his life—and triggered him to encourage Hering to get checked, too.
Biograph claims that over 15% of members have reported discovering “pressing or life-alerting well being” insights by means of its providers. The corporate has been quietly working since 2020, in keeping with the LinkedIn profile of its government medical director Michael Doney, a health care provider with a background in longevity.
Whereas Biograph’s announcement doesn’t point out AI, the corporate is at present searching for a founding AI engineer to construct an AI-powered assistant, in keeping with its careers web page.
Biograph is a part of a quiet increase in startups devoted to residing longer, with Andreessen Horowitz-backed Perform Well being seeking a $2 billion valuation this yr and Sam Altman-backed Retro Biosciences in talks to boost a cool $1 billion final month.