Developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he holds the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professorship. Levin directs the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and co-directs the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms alongside Joshua Bongard. He is an AAAS Fellow, a 2024 Vox Future Perfect Innovator, and recipient of the International Neural Network Society's Donald O. Hebb Award.

Professor of Computer Science at the University of Vermont and a 2010 PECASE awardee. Bongard co-directs the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms with Michael Levin and is co-author of two popular science books: How the Body Shapes the Way We Think and Designing Intelligence. In 2007, MIT Technology Review named him to its TR35 list of the world's top innovators under 35.

Technology executive with over 30 years of experience spanning company-building, operations, and life sciences investing. He has held roles at Sycamore Networks and GridCo, and has invested through General Catalyst, Hyperplane Ventures, and as an angel. As CTO of Sycamore Networks, he shaped product strategy and architecture through the company's IPO.

Investor in emerging technologies with 25 years of experience. Castleman is Managing Partner of the Carbon Drawdown Collective, a single-family office focused on climate investing. He connected with Levin and Bongard during a tenure as EIR at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. He holds a BA from Princeton and an MBA from the University of Virginia.

Founder and CEO of Hyperbolic Holdings, a Swiss investment holding and management company focused on life sciences and healthcare innovation. Durenard has 25 years of experience in investing and asset management, serves on multiple executive and advisory boards, and is the author of Professional Automated Trading: Theory and Practice.