Colossal considers de-extinction and species preservation a $10 trillion opportunity

Colossal considers de-extinction and species preservation a $10 trillion opportunity | we're opportunists and we're capitalists but at the same time we think these tech these some of these problems are very hard um and we want dedicated teams on them right and so the extinction species preservation we think it's a you know $10 trillion opportunity

we're opportunists and we're capitalists but at the same time we think these tech these some of these problems are very hard um and we want dedicated teams on them right and so the extinction species preservation we think it's a you know $10 trillion opportunity

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  "context": "the extinction species preservation we think it's a you know $10 trillion opportunity but we think it's also one of the most important things to focus on",
  "verbatim": "we're opportunists and we're capitalists but at the same time we think these tech these some of these problems are very hard um and we want dedicated teams on them right and so the extinction species preservation we think it's a you know $10 trillion opportunity",
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