🚀 AI, Microbiome and the Future of Health

Biology is experiencing its AI moment, in a big way. Huge amounts of data — sequencing, imaging, and patient data — coupled with powerful compute and AI models are driving discovery and R&D. McKinsey estimates that breakthroughs in biology over the next ten to twenty years will have a direct economic impact of $2-4 trillion globally per year.

This week, I spoke to a founder who is riding the AI biology wave. His mission: to provide people with personalised nutritional guidance based on their unique gut microbiome data and machine learning.

Jonathan Wolf is the CEO and co-founder of ZOE, a health-tech company that combines new biological research and machine learning to offer users hyper-specific advice about their food intake. By tailoring your diet to the idiosyncrasies of your gut, ZOE says, you can avoid inflammation, improve your energy levels, better control your weight, and reduce your risk of developing conditions like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

ZOE is fascinating…