A conversation with a YC founder
Inside the mind of a technical CEO — a Q&A with the founder of a YC-backed biotech startup working to cure genetic diseases.
Written for Axiom Pathways.
A Q&A with the CEO and founder of a YC-backed biotech startup working to cure genetic diseases like Leukemia by targeting the specific mutation that causes them. The conversation covers his 20-year vision for preventative genetic medicine, the mindset shift required to work on something this high-stakes (“if you’re software, you can go full barbaric and competitive… when you’re trying to save lives, you have to balance competitiveness with compassion”), what his team actually got out of YC’s 12-week batch despite it being a blink for biotech timelines, and his advice to a high schooler who wants to do the same.