Excited to introduce @ReactorfieldAI Cohort 1: @merge - brain-computer interfaces with no implants, $250M seed led by OpenAI and Bain @episteme - a new R&D institution, cofounded by Louis Andre and Sam Altman @RetroBio_ - unicorn longevity startup, adding 10 healthy years to human life. In phase 1 trials @NorthwellHealth - NY's largest healthcare system, with Chief Biotech Officer @itchdoctor @StrandTx - programmable mRNA medicines out of MIT, lead cancer drug already in patients @MayoClinic - turning leading clinical science into new ventures represented by @vera_mucaj @xiliotx - publicly traded biotech making cancer therapies to activate inside tumors @marathonfusion - producing the world's most valuable isotopes from compact fusion reactors @KopraBio - viruses that turn cancer cells into factories for their own destruction @radifymetals - hydrogen-plasma reactors that turn rare-earth oxides directly into metal @FoundationManf - rapid domestic CNC machining for frontier hardware @MassMagnetics - US-made high-performance magnets from recycled rare earths @algabiosciences - turning cattle methane into calories, peer-reviewed cuts of up to 63% @lumehealth - building a wearable that measures cortisol continuously from sweat @liu_liu_lemon - smart materials for med tech and robotics, @Harvard PhD, Fulbright Fellow

"Marathon’s plan has real science behind it. If it works, the achievement would mark the end of the alchemist’s quest... they’re after a technology that could help sate the world’s ever-growing need for energy" Great writeup from @TheAtlantic this week! theatlantic.com/science/arch…

@MarathonFusion, a Breakthrough Energy Fellow, has discovered a way to generate gold during the fusion process—an innovation that could reshape the economics of fusion power. bit.ly/46CUnB0

Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was our most read story. on.ft.com/453Cetv

"alchemy has been pursued by civilisations as far back as ancient Egypt... Now Marathon Fusion, a start-up focused on using nuclear fusion to generate power, has said the same process could be used to produce gold" Great writeup from the @FT! Read more: ft.com/content/06f91e0d-3007…

Today's free issue of The Diff: The Finance of Alchemy. A fusion startup may have a way to turn mercury into gold. But if you can make a lot of something that's priced because it's scarce, how much is that worth?

People who argue fusion energy won't be cost competitive against fission don't realize that a 1GW fusion reactor can produce 2 tons of gold per year by transmuting mercury. This means Fusion Energy has a 50:50 revenue split between electricity and alchemy.

Congrats to the team at @MarathonFusion for identifying a plausible, scalable process for transmuting mercury into gold. This is something that drove Isaac Newton insane.