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Fertility Inc.: The Embryo Editing Dinner

March 27, 2026·25 min·4-min readsolobusiness
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A secretive Silicon Valley-backed company called Preventive, funded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is advancing efforts to genetically engineer babies through embryo editing, despite global ethical concerns, legal barriers, and a 2018 precedent that shocked the s

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Guest

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Emily Glazer

solo on The Journal.

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Brian ArmstrongSam AltmanHe Zhenkui

Books

Gattacaby Andrew Niccol

Companies

PreventiveOrchidNucleus

Topics

EntrepreneurshipEthicsFintechGeneticsScientific MethodStartupsVenture Capital

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