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Colossal Biosciences Is Making Jurassic Park Look Like a Pitch Deck

Dear Cherubs, Dallas has apparently decided extinction is just a product category. Colossal Biosciences is now a billionaire-level biotech spectacle, with the company saying its latest Series C brought total funding to $615 million and ABC News reporting a roster of celebrity backers that includes Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, Paris Hilton and Peter Jackson. Dallas Innovates also reported that the CIA’s venture arm, In-Q-Tel, invested in Colossal back in 2022.

The result is a company that sounds like it was brainstormed by a film studio, a venture fund and a very committed science teacher. Colossal says it is working on de-extinction projects tied to the woolly mammoth, dodo, thylacine and dire wolf, using gene editing, synthetic biology and related conservation tools. So no, this is not literally Jurassic Park; it is more like Jurassic Park after legal review and a lot of grant money.

THE TEA, BUT WITH MICROPIPETTES

In April, Reuters reported that Colossal announced three genetically engineered wolf pups and called them the world’s first successfully “de-extincted” animals, while outside experts were more cautious and described them as genetically modified gray wolves with added dire-wolf traits. ABC News said Colossal edited gray wolf cells at multiple sites and noted the two species are about 99.5% genetically identical, which is a very impressive number and also a reminder that biology is rude and complicated.

That is the key detail the movie version never pauses for: the company is not dusting off a frozen dinosaur and pressing play. It is using ancient DNA, gene editing and surrogate biology to create something that resembles an extinct species closely enough to trigger headlines, debates and a healthy amount of side-eye. The label “de-extincted” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

WHY THE MONEY FLOWS

The money makes more sense when you look at the technology stack. Dallas Innovates reported that In-Q-Tel said its interest in Colossal was “less about the mammoths and more about the capability,” while Colossal’s own materials say the work could scale CRISPR, synthetic biology, artificial wombs and genomic preservation platforms. In other words, the extinct-animal angle is the headline; the platform is the business.

Colossal has also built a pop-culture-friendly halo around the science. Its advisory board page lists Tom Brady and George R.R. Martin among its cultural advisors, which is exactly the kind of sentence that makes the internet stop scrolling for a second. That is the trick here: make de-extinction feel part science, part blockbuster, part meme, and suddenly the cap table looks almost inevitable.

The hot take is simple: this is not a cartoonish clone factory, and it is not pure hype either. It is a very expensive attempt to push gene editing, cloning-adjacent methods and reproductive tech into territory that could one day matter for conservation as much as spectacle. The dinosaurs are still fiction, but the lab bills are extremely real.

Sources list
ABC News — https://abcnews.go.com/US/dire-wolf-revived-biotech-companys-de-extinction-process/story?id=120558562
Reuters — https://www.reuters.com/science/us-company-resurrects-extinct-dire-wolf-or-some-version-it-2025-04-08/
Dallas Innovates — https://dallasinnovates.com/mammoth-interest-the-cia-invests-in-dallas-based-colossal-biosciences/
Colossal Biosciences — https://colossal.com/colossal-secures-200m-to-accelerate-de-extinction-and-genomic-innovation/
Colossal Biosciences — https://colossal.com/advisors/
Wikimedia Commons (Laboratory.jpg) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laboratory.jpg

🚨 The "Dire Wolf" company, Colossal Biosciences, has deep military & CIA ties, sparking skepticism over their de-extinction claims. Secrets, influencers & defense funding fuel questions: Is it science or something else? 🐺🕵️‍♂️ #DeExtinction #ColossalBiosciences #CIA #MilitaryTech #DireWolf https://www.gurumag.com/the-dire-wolf-company-has-close-military-and-cia-ties/

Ausgerottete Riesenvögel: #ColossalBiosciences will auch Moas "wiederbeleben" | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-dem-Schattenwolf-Colossal-Biosciences-will-nun-auch-Moas-wiederbeleben-10482457.html

Colossal Biosciences brings dire wolves back from extinction with CRISPR—and Peter Jackson & George R.R. Martin are in on it! Dive into the science behind this wild feat.

Read the full article right here: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/what-does-colossal-biosciences-do-de-extinction-secrets-unveiled-with-peter-jackson-and-george-r-r

#CRISPR #DeExtinction #ScienceMeetsMagic #ColossalBiosciences #Biotech #DireWolves #Conservation #PeterJackson #GeorgeRRMartin #Innovation #NatureRevival

🔴 Live lancé

Allo Terra 🌍 : Loup sinistre ressuscité ? Souris laineuses ? Mammouth ? Science-spectacle et greenwashing génétique 🐺 💸 🧬 🐘

➡️ https://www.twitch.tv/oamgui
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#alloterra #twitch #live #science #nature #ecologie #biodiversite #vulgarisation #news #actualité #reaction #direwolf #loup #loupsinistre #mammouth #souris #colossalbiosciences #animal @pogscience.bsky.social

La "résurrection" du loup sinistre fait la une... Entre science-spectacle, techno-génétique et greenwashing, on en parle ensemble en live en fin d'aprem ! 🐺 💸 🧬 🐘

Rendez-vous vers 17 H/17H30 ➡️
https://www.twitch.tv/oamgui

#direwolf #loup #loupsinistre #mammouth #souris #colossalbiosciences #animal

„Jurassic Park“ der Wölfe: Mittels Gentechnik soll es erstmals gelungen sein, vor 13.000 Jahren ausgestorbene Schattenwölfe wieder zum Leben zu erwecken. #Schattenwolf #ColossalBiosciences #DeExtinction #Gentechnik
https://www.scinexx.de/news/biowissen/ausgestorbene-woelfe-wieder-zum-leben-erweckt/

George R.R. Martin calls it “magic”! The dire wolf is back, thanks to Colossal Biosciences. Read how Martin’s fantasy became reality in this de-extinction breakthrough!

Read the full article right here: https://www.theomenmedia.com/post/colossal-biosciences-dire-wolf-revival-kit-harington-weighs-in-with-a-game-of-thrones-twist

#DireWolf #DeExtinction #ColossalBiosciences #GeorgeRRMartin #GameOfThrones #Conservation #Biodiversity #ScienceBreakthrough #RedWolf #EcoInnovation

Il Post fa chiarezza sull'annuncio di #ColossalBiosciences: no, non hanno davvero de-estinto i #metalupi 🐺

Quello che fa Colossal non è riportare in vita animali estinti, ma recuperare semmai caratteristiche fenotipiche di animali estinti innestandole in genomi di specie moderne.
https://www.ilpost.it/2025/04/08/de-estinzione-metalupo-enocione/

Scientists Claim To Have Brought Back Dire Wolves #colossalbiosciences #direwolf #direwolves #news #randomasitgets #woollymammoth

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/347312/scientists-claim-to-have-brought-back-dire-wolves/

[08:37] Researchers claim to have revived long-extinct dire wolf

US biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences has claimed it produced three dire wolves, a species that has been extinct for over 10,000 years, by modifying the genome of a modern-day gray wolf using dire wolf DNA found in fossils.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2025/0408/1506403-dire-wolf/

#US #ColossalBiosciences #three #10,000years #modern_day

Sure, cloning a woolly mammoth sounds cool. But think of the life-changing problems that could be solved with that kind of investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/17/cloning-a-woolly-mammoth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #woollymammoths #colossalbiosciences #cloning #dna

Per rallentare lo scioglimento del #permafrost e ridurre il rilascio di anidride carbonica, l'azienda #ColossalBiosciences vuole ripristinare l'ecosistema della tundra artica. ❄️

Per farlo, useranno il genome editing per creare nuove specie di #elefanti resistenti al freddo, modificando il loro #DNA in modo che sia più simile a quello dei #mammut. 🦣

È di ieri la notizia della creazione dei primi topi lanosi, un primo passo in questa direzione. 🐭

Cosa pensi di questo progetto?

On a quest to revive the woolly mammoth, #ColossalBiosciences has created a woolly mouse https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/04/on-a-quest-to-revive-the-woolly-mammoth-colossal-biosciences-has-created-a-woolly-mouse/

Ben Lamm of ‘#deExtinction’ specialist #ColossalBiosciences not only has plans to bring back prehistoric creatures, but also preserve those on the verge of vanishing

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/11/it-wont-end-like-jurassic-park-that-was-a-movie-the-man-who-wants-to-bring-the-woolly-mammoth-back-to-life #science #conservation #extinction #ecology

Ein internationales Team von Forschenden unter der Leitung der Universität Potsdam hat in Zusammenarbeit mit #ColossalBiosciences und dem @mfnberlin das erste flächendeckende Kerngenom des ausgestorbenen Blaubocks erstellt und analysiert. Die Ergebnisse der Studie wurden jetzt in #CurrentBiology veröffentlicht. Mehr Infos unter: https://www.uni-potsdam.de/de/medieninformationen/detail/2024-04-12-warum-die-europaeische-kolonisierung-den-blaubock-zum-aussterben-brachte
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‘My Octopus Teacher’ Filmmaker James Reed Boards Doc Series About De-Extinction Company Colossal
#TV #TVNews #ColossalBiosciences

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/my-octopus-teacher-director-de-extinction-doc-series-1235831019/

Filmmaker Of Distinction To Take On De-Extinction: Oscar Winner James Reed Boards Docuseries On Company Bringing Back Wooly Mammoth, Dodo And More
#Documentary #News #ColossalBiosciences #JamesReed #TetonRidgeEntertainment #UnderdogFilms

https://deadline.com/2024/02/wooly-mammoth-de-extinction-company-colossal-biosciences-docuseries-ep-james-reed-1235832609/

Scientists and Colossal Biosciences want to reverse-engineer and "de-extinct" the iconic bird centuries after it was wiped out.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnm75/scientists-launch-project-to-de-extinct-the-dodo-reintroduce-to-natural-habitat
#tech-science #worldnews #Dodo #de-extinction #colossalbiosciences #GeorgeChurch #Abstract