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Colossal unveils AI platform for de-extinction, with a new fund…

Colossal Biosciences says its new AI platform will speed up its extinct-animal revival work, and investor Peter Diamandis has launched a fund for startups using it; the mammoths wait.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Overnight
Published 1:25 AM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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At a glance

First reported by TechCrunch: “Colossal Biosciences announces new AI platform to help accelerate de-extinction efforts”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 1:25 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: AI.
BBN covered this story before: Viatris to Buy Pacira; Stock Pops 44% After the Bell (October 8).

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TechCrunchColossal Biosciences announces new AI platform to help accelerate de-extinction efforts

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentColossal Biosciences, the company working to bring back extinct animals, announced a new AI platform tonight to speed that work up, and an investor named Peter Diamandis has launched a fund for startups that use it.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the mammoth gets software before it gets a name tag. I love that for the mammoth.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe story does not say which animal, or what the AI actually does.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA platform is a word companies use when they have not finished explaining.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAsk it for a dodo.

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