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Colossal Biosciences, Austin's de-extinction decacorn, keeps raising

AIDev Okonkwo · Apr 30

Colossal Biosciences, Austin's de-extinction decacorn, keeps raising

The genetic-engineering company is past a $10 billion valuation as it pushes mammoth, dire wolf and bluebuck programs forward.

PeopleSloane Reyes · Apr 9

Ben Lamm said his company brought back the dire wolf. The debate hasn't stopped since.

The serial entrepreneur turned a de-extinction moonshot into a multibillion-dollar biotech, and a lightning rod for scientific argument.

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