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The rescue pups of PAW Patrol are teaming up with Colossal Biosciences to promote animal protection with a new video collab.
#PAWPatrol #PAWPatrolTheDinoMovie #ColossalBiosciences #ecology #animation
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/watch-paw-patrol-colossal-biosciences-unite-for-species-saving-campaign/ -
The rescue pups of PAW Patrol are teaming up with Colossal Biosciences to promote animal protection with a new video collab.
#PAWPatrol #PAWPatrolTheDinoMovie #ColossalBiosciences #ecology #animation
https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/watch-paw-patrol-colossal-biosciences-unite-for-species-saving-campaign/ -
#ColossalBiosciences is growing #chickens in a 3D-printed container
In an early step towards artificial wombs, a #biotech company claims it’s developed a “fully artificial” chicken #egg as part of its effort to resurrect extinct avian species, including birds like the dodo and the giant moa.
Colossal was founded in 2021 with plans to use gene editing and reproductive technology to restore extinct species, including the woolly mammoth.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/
https://archive.is/20260519123121/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/ -
#ColossalBiosciences is growing #chickens in a 3D-printed container
In an early step towards artificial wombs, a #biotech company claims it’s developed a “fully artificial” chicken #egg as part of its effort to resurrect extinct avian species, including birds like the dodo and the giant moa.
Colossal was founded in 2021 with plans to use gene editing and reproductive technology to restore extinct species, including the woolly mammoth.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/
https://archive.is/20260519123121/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/ -
#ColossalBiosciences is growing #chickens in a 3D-printed container
In an early step towards artificial wombs, a #biotech company claims it’s developed a “fully artificial” chicken #egg as part of its effort to resurrect extinct avian species, including birds like the dodo and the giant moa.
Colossal was founded in 2021 with plans to use gene editing and reproductive technology to restore extinct species, including the woolly mammoth.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/
https://archive.is/20260519123121/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/ -
#ColossalBiosciences is growing #chickens in a 3D-printed container
In an early step towards artificial wombs, a #biotech company claims it’s developed a “fully artificial” chicken #egg as part of its effort to resurrect extinct avian species, including birds like the dodo and the giant moa.
Colossal was founded in 2021 with plans to use gene editing and reproductive technology to restore extinct species, including the woolly mammoth.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/
https://archive.is/20260519123121/https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1137471/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-container/ -
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🧬🤔 An archaeologist unpacks the #science and #ethics of #cloning extinct #humans like #Neanderthals.
The piece explains why Colossal Biosciences’ widely reported #direwolf de-extinction was actually a genetically tweaked gray #wolf, not a true clone. It walks through how real cloning works, why intact ancient #DNA simply doesn’t exist for Neanderthals, and whether we should even try.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/clone-neanderthals/
#deextinction #genetics #science #paleontology #archaeology #evolution #homosapiens #colossalbiosciences #direwolf
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🧬🤔 An archaeologist unpacks the #science and #ethics of #cloning extinct #humans like #Neanderthals.
The piece explains why Colossal Biosciences’ widely reported #direwolf de-extinction was actually a genetically tweaked gray #wolf, not a true clone. It walks through how real cloning works, why intact ancient #DNA simply doesn’t exist for Neanderthals, and whether we should even try.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/clone-neanderthals/
#deextinction #genetics #science #paleontology #archaeology #evolution #homosapiens #colossalbiosciences #direwolf
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🧬🤔 An archaeologist unpacks the #science and #ethics of #cloning extinct #humans like #Neanderthals.
The piece explains why Colossal Biosciences’ widely reported #direwolf de-extinction was actually a genetically tweaked gray #wolf, not a true clone. It walks through how real cloning works, why intact ancient #DNA simply doesn’t exist for Neanderthals, and whether we should even try.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/clone-neanderthals/
#deextinction #genetics #science #paleontology #archaeology #evolution #homosapiens #colossalbiosciences #direwolf
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🧬🤔 An archaeologist unpacks the #science and #ethics of #cloning extinct #humans like #Neanderthals.
The piece explains why Colossal Biosciences’ widely reported #direwolf de-extinction was actually a genetically tweaked gray #wolf, not a true clone. It walks through how real cloning works, why intact ancient #DNA simply doesn’t exist for Neanderthals, and whether we should even try.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/clone-neanderthals/
#deextinction #genetics #science #paleontology #archaeology #evolution #homosapiens #colossalbiosciences #direwolf
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Colossal Foundation and University of Tasmania Partner to Combat Devil Facial Tumour Disease with Vaccines and Gene Editing 💉🧬
#TasmanianDevil #Cancer #ColossalBiosciences #Vaccines #GeneEditing
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Colossal Foundation and University of Tasmania Partner to Combat Devil Facial Tumour Disease with Vaccines and Gene Editing 💉🧬
#TasmanianDevil #Cancer #ColossalBiosciences #Vaccines #GeneEditing
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Colossal Foundation and University of Tasmania Partner to Combat Devil Facial Tumour Disease with Vaccines and Gene Editing 💉🧬
#TasmanianDevil #Cancer #ColossalBiosciences #Vaccines #GeneEditing
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https://www.europesays.com/at/243611/ Wie vor 10.000 Jahren – So sollen Mammut & Co. zum Leben erweckt werden #asiatischen #Asien #AT #Australien #Austria #ColossalBiosciences #Eckhart #Entertainment #Europa #LeopoldEckhart #MedUniWien #Neuseeland #Niederösterreich #Österreich #Unterhaltung
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New effort will get #genome sequences for entire #EndangeredSpecies list
Thursday, it was announced all of those species would see their genomes sequenced and tissue samples preserved to aid future conservation. Work will be done by a partnership between two unexpected parties. US gov, which has generally attempted to undercut #EndangeredSpeciesAct as part of its anti-regulatory efforts. It is joined by #ColossalBiosciences, a biotech company, will be #biobanking tissues.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/new-effort-will-get-genome-sequences-for-entire-endangered-species-list/ -
New effort will get #genome sequences for entire #EndangeredSpecies list
Thursday, it was announced all of those species would see their genomes sequenced and tissue samples preserved to aid future conservation. Work will be done by a partnership between two unexpected parties. US gov, which has generally attempted to undercut #EndangeredSpeciesAct as part of its anti-regulatory efforts. It is joined by #ColossalBiosciences, a biotech company, will be #biobanking tissues.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/new-effort-will-get-genome-sequences-for-entire-endangered-species-list/ -
New effort will get #genome sequences for entire #EndangeredSpecies list
Thursday, it was announced all of those species would see their genomes sequenced and tissue samples preserved to aid future conservation. Work will be done by a partnership between two unexpected parties. US gov, which has generally attempted to undercut #EndangeredSpeciesAct as part of its anti-regulatory efforts. It is joined by #ColossalBiosciences, a biotech company, will be #biobanking tissues.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/new-effort-will-get-genome-sequences-for-entire-endangered-species-list/ -
New effort will get #genome sequences for entire #EndangeredSpecies list
Thursday, it was announced all of those species would see their genomes sequenced and tissue samples preserved to aid future conservation. Work will be done by a partnership between two unexpected parties. US gov, which has generally attempted to undercut #EndangeredSpeciesAct as part of its anti-regulatory efforts. It is joined by #ColossalBiosciences, a biotech company, will be #biobanking tissues.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/new-effort-will-get-genome-sequences-for-entire-endangered-species-list/ -
https://www.europesays.com/ro/189165/ Pas crucial în planul de readucere la viaţă a giganticelor păsări moa: peste 20 de pui au eclozat din ouă „artificiale” #bioinginerie #BreakingNews #BreakingNews #CeleMaiPopulareSubiecte #ColossalBiosciences #eclozare #FeaturedNews #FeaturedNews #Headlines #Internațional #LatestNews #LatestNews #News #OuaArtificiale #PasariDisparute #PasariMoa #RO #Română #Romania #Romanian #Știri #Titluri #TopStories #TopStories #World #WorldNews #WorldNews
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https://www.europesays.com/sk/78310/ Čo bolo skôr, sliepka alebo vajce? Vedci teraz ukázali umelé vajce, z ktorého sa už vyliahli prvé kurčatá | Vosveteit.sk #buducnost #ColossalBiosciences #dodo #DospievanieMimoTela #experiment #kurčatá #News #SK #Slovak #Slovenčina #Správy #Svet #UmeléVajce #VyhynutéTvory #vyliahnutie #World #WorldNews #Zem
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#ColossalBiosciences said it cloned #redwolves. Is it for real?
#Redwolf has long been contentious species. Debate over its preservation got even messier last year, when Colossal said it cloned the animal. Pundits debated utility of project and whether clones—technically, #graywolves with some genetic tweaks—could really be called #direwolves. But what mattered to Broussard was Colossal’s simultaneous announcement that it cloned four red #wolves.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/20/1135222/red-wolves-colossal-biosciences-clones/
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#ColossalBiosciences said it cloned #redwolves. Is it for real?
#Redwolf has long been contentious species. Debate over its preservation got even messier last year, when Colossal said it cloned the animal. Pundits debated utility of project and whether clones—technically, #graywolves with some genetic tweaks—could really be called #direwolves. But what mattered to Broussard was Colossal’s simultaneous announcement that it cloned four red #wolves.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/20/1135222/red-wolves-colossal-biosciences-clones/
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#ColossalBiosciences said it cloned #redwolves. Is it for real?
#Redwolf has long been contentious species. Debate over its preservation got even messier last year, when Colossal said it cloned the animal. Pundits debated utility of project and whether clones—technically, #graywolves with some genetic tweaks—could really be called #direwolves. But what mattered to Broussard was Colossal’s simultaneous announcement that it cloned four red #wolves.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/20/1135222/red-wolves-colossal-biosciences-clones/
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#ColossalBiosciences said it cloned #redwolves. Is it for real?
#Redwolf has long been contentious species. Debate over its preservation got even messier last year, when Colossal said it cloned the animal. Pundits debated utility of project and whether clones—technically, #graywolves with some genetic tweaks—could really be called #direwolves. But what mattered to Broussard was Colossal’s simultaneous announcement that it cloned four red #wolves.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/20/1135222/red-wolves-colossal-biosciences-clones/
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https://www.europesays.com/sk/75684/ Vedci vyliahli kuriatka bez škrupín a snívajú o návrate moa #3DTlac #ColossalBiosciences #kura #moa #News #SK #Slovak #Slovenčina #Správy #Svet #Vedci #World #WorldNews
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現代版侏羅紀公園？美企以人造蛋孵化雛雞 終極目標令絕種恐鳥重現地球
美國生技公司 Colossal Biosciences 於 5 月 19 日宣布以自家研發人造蛋殼系統成功孵化 […]
#新科創業 #環保 #生活學習 #Colossal Biosciences
https://unwire.hk/2026/05/21/artificial-egg-revive-extinct-dodo-moa/learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artificial-egg-revive-extinct-dodo-moa -
現代版侏羅紀公園？美企以人造蛋孵化雛雞 終極目標令絕種恐鳥重現地球
美國生技公司 Colossal Biosciences 於 5 月 19 日宣布以自家研發人造蛋殼系統成功孵化 […]
#新科創業 #環保 #生活學習 #Colossal Biosciences
https://unwire.hk/2026/05/21/artificial-egg-revive-extinct-dodo-moa/learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artificial-egg-revive-extinct-dodo-moa -
現代版侏羅紀公園？美企以人造蛋孵化雛雞 終極目標令絕種恐鳥重現地球
美國生技公司 Colossal Biosciences 於 5 月 19 日宣布以自家研發人造蛋殼系統成功孵化 […]
#新科創業 #環保 #生活學習 #Colossal Biosciences
https://unwire.hk/2026/05/21/artificial-egg-revive-extinct-dodo-moa/learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=artificial-egg-revive-extinct-dodo-moa -
De‑extinction company says it’s made an artificial egg – if true, it could help save living species
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26 baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a 3D printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell, according to #ColossalBiosciences.
Colossal previously announced it had #GeneticallyEngineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with long hair like the #WoollyMammoth & wolf pups that take after #DireWolves.
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26 baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a 3D printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell, according to #ColossalBiosciences.
Colossal previously announced it had #GeneticallyEngineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with long hair like the #WoollyMammoth & wolf pups that take after #DireWolves.
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26 baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a 3D printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell, according to #ColossalBiosciences.
Colossal previously announced it had #GeneticallyEngineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with long hair like the #WoollyMammoth & wolf pups that take after #DireWolves.
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26 baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a 3D printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell, according to #ColossalBiosciences.
Colossal previously announced it had #GeneticallyEngineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with long hair like the #WoollyMammoth & wolf pups that take after #DireWolves.
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World’s Most Advanced Artificial Egg Hatches Chicks
#ColossalBiosciencesStep inside the beginnings of life as Colossal Biosciences hatches live chicks from our new artificial egg.
We just unveiled a first-of-its-kind incubation platform that supports full avian development outside the biological eggshell, from early embryo to hatch, with zero extra oxygen needed.
Yeah, this is huge.
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World’s Most Advanced Artificial Egg Hatches Chicks
#ColossalBiosciencesStep inside the beginnings of life as Colossal Biosciences hatches live chicks from our new artificial egg.
We just unveiled a first-of-its-kind incubation platform that supports full avian development outside the biological eggshell, from early embryo to hatch, with zero extra oxygen needed.
Yeah, this is huge.
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World’s Most Advanced Artificial Egg Hatches Chicks
#ColossalBiosciencesStep inside the beginnings of life as Colossal Biosciences hatches live chicks from our new artificial egg.
We just unveiled a first-of-its-kind incubation platform that supports full avian development outside the biological eggshell, from early embryo to hatch, with zero extra oxygen needed.
Yeah, this is huge.
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Colossal Biosciences Is Making Jurassic Park Look Like a Pitch Deck
Modern biotechnology labs are driving advances in gene editing and de-extinction researchDear 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
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #animals #biotechnology #cia #colossalBiosciences #crispr #deExtinction #direWolf #geneEditing #inQTel #nature #news #science #syntheticBiology #texasStartup
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 -
Colossal Biosciences Is Making Jurassic Park Look Like a Pitch Deck
Modern biotechnology labs are driving advances in gene editing and de-extinction researchDear 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
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #animals #biotechnology #cia #colossalBiosciences #crispr #deExtinction #direWolf #geneEditing #inQTel #nature #news #science #syntheticBiology #texasStartup
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 -
Colossal Biosciences Is Making Jurassic Park Look Like a Pitch Deck
Modern biotechnology labs are driving advances in gene editing and de-extinction researchDear 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
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #animals #biotechnology #cia #colossalBiosciences #crispr #deExtinction #direWolf #geneEditing #inQTel #nature #news #science #syntheticBiology #texasStartup
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/
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Colossal Biosciences Is Making Jurassic Park Look Like a Pitch Deck
Modern biotechnology labs are driving advances in gene editing and de-extinction researchDear 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.
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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/
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