Ten Lives

Manufacturing more proteins with AI.

Y CombinatorSummer 2022ActiveConsumerFood and Beverage

What they do

Problem

Sustainable protein production is too expensive and environmentally intensive to compete with conventional protein sources.

Solution

They use AI to optimize microbial fermentation factories to produce proteins at the lowest possible cost and environmental impact.

Who it's for

Protein manufacturers and food companies seeking cost-effective, sustainable protein ingredients.

Founders

Vicki Mo

Founder

Vicki has experience ranging from finetuning SOTA machine learning models to shipping both digital and physical products. In 2015, she was the USA and French Div 1 National Champion in the sport of epee fencing. Vicki received her MS in Computer Science - Machine Learning from Columbia University.

Ruby Yu

Founder

Ruby has spent the past decade investigating gene expression in organisms ranging from yeast to humans, and she is an industry-leading expert on high-throughput genetic screens for machine learning. She received both her BA and her PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Harvard University. Her extra-laboratorial activities include circus arts, climbing, and cat-sitting.