The Next Trillion-Dollar Market

04/01/20 • 38 min

Biotech is gathering pace: AI systems are simulating novel materials, new genomic technologies are enabling precision bioengineering, and automation is executing production on a massive scale. Softbank Vision Fund Senior Managing Partner, Deep Nishar tells Azeem Azhar why biotech is the next trillion-dollar market, and what breakthroughs to expect.

In this episode they also discuss:

Why emerging biotech and AI, together, would help control and stop coronavirus-like outbreaks in the future.
What new materials and medicines are coming out of the “virtuous cycle” of research and funding that is now taking off.
What the rest of the world should learn from China’s vigorous development of AI technologies.

Further reading:

“As Zymergen Buys EnEvolv, Biological Manufacturing Is Ready To Transform How Industry Makes Everything From Airplanes To Air Jordans” (Forbes, 2020)
“AI just found a new type of antibiotics” (Vox, 2020)

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In this episode they also discuss:

Why emerging biotech and AI, together, would help control and stop coronavirus-like outbreaks in the future.
What new materials and medicines are coming out of the “virtuous cycle” of research and funding that is now taking off.
What the rest of the world should learn from China’s vigorous development of AI technologies.

Further reading:

“As Zymergen Buys EnEvolv, Biological Manufacturing Is Ready To Transform How Industry Makes Everything From Airplanes To Air Jordans” (Forbes, 2020)
“AI just found a new type of antibiotics” (Vox, 2020)

@deepnishar
@azeem
@exponentialview

Exponential View newsletter

Previous Episode

Technology Companies and the New Recession

The world is facing an economic crisis never seen before, says equity analyst Pierre Ferragu. Consumer demand remains strong and supply infrastructure is still healthy, but both are in lockdown and unable to function. In this wide-ranging conversation with Azeem Azhar, Ferragu explains how the pandemic will affect the technology industry and its major players.

They also discuss:

How “partial insuring” and “China + n” strategies could make for more resilient supply chains.
How the crisis is accelerating the next generation of technologies.
The winners and the losers of the pandemic.

Further reading:

“Tesla has yet another biggest bull on Wall Street. Here’s why he thinks the stock could surge 57%. (TSLA)” (Markets Insider, 2020)
“Tech Sectors and Stocks to Avoid in a Recession” (The Street, 2020)

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Inside Alphabet’s X: Nurturing Radical Creativity

X, Alphabet Inc.’s “moonshot factory,” dares to solve big problems with breakthrough technologies. Most of their projects fail. But some — like self-driving cars and the AI that powers Google — are already changing the world. CEO Astro Teller joins Azeem Azhar to explain how he built a culture of radical creativity, where employees are encouraged to dream — and to fail — big.

In this episode they explore: