Naveen Jain

So we know now we're going to measure the human gene expression, and we're going to focus on what microbes are expressing and producing, and we're going to look at the interaction of that, and that's how we're going to solve the problem. Now comes the next part. How are you going to do this? And that's really interesting because I'm just going through the process of how I went through.

So we know now we're going to measure the human gene expression, and we're going to focus on what microbes are expressing and producing, and we're going to look at the interaction of that, and that's how we're going to solve the problem. Now comes the next part. How are you going to do this? And that's really interesting because I'm just going through the process of how I went through.

So this is literally took me, you know, 30, 45 days of just doing the research and say, all right, so now we know what needs to be done. We just don't know how. So I'm thinking this got to be the really easy thing to do. If I'm thinking about it, somebody's probably done it right. My first reaction was, you're going to think it's really crazy.

So this is literally took me, you know, 30, 45 days of just doing the research and say, all right, so now we know what needs to be done. We just don't know how. So I'm thinking this got to be the really easy thing to do. If I'm thinking about it, somebody's probably done it right. My first reaction was, you're going to think it's really crazy.

I thought, you know, NASA JPL is sending these robots to Mars looking for sign of life. They have to have figured out how you go out to figure out what these organisms are doing. So I'm going to go to the NASA JPL. I'm going to talk to the scientists and I'm going to say, hey guys, don't you already know how to do this? And can I license the technology?

I thought, you know, NASA JPL is sending these robots to Mars looking for sign of life. They have to have figured out how you go out to figure out what these organisms are doing. So I'm going to go to the NASA JPL. I'm going to talk to the scientists and I'm going to say, hey guys, don't you already know how to do this? And can I license the technology?

And they look at me and say, nah, not really. We don't care about what organisms are doing. We just trying to figure out any sign of life there. And I'm thinking, bunch of morons. If I need to go to NASA, Houston, the headquarter, that's where they got all the good stuff. I went there, I'm touching the moon rocks. I'm talking to all the scientists, but it's still no solution.

And they look at me and say, nah, not really. We don't care about what organisms are doing. We just trying to figure out any sign of life there. And I'm thinking, bunch of morons. If I need to go to NASA, Houston, the headquarter, that's where they got all the good stuff. I went there, I'm touching the moon rocks. I'm talking to all the scientists, but it's still no solution.

And then I start thinking, wait a sec, I need to start looking at some of the universities. So I went to Stanford, I went to MIT, and I'm now going to Duke, and I'm looking at all the universities. There's got to be someone who solved this problem. Still, I'm out of luck. So now I'm at Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, all these national labs trying to find out what to do.

And then I start thinking, wait a sec, I need to start looking at some of the universities. So I went to Stanford, I went to MIT, and I'm now going to Duke, and I'm looking at all the universities. There's got to be someone who solved this problem. Still, I'm out of luck. So now I'm at Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, all these national labs trying to find out what to do.

And they're saying, well, we're looking at multiple ways, but we don't have a solution yet. Then I was at Los Alamos National Lab. And as you recall, the Los Alamos National Lab is famous for what, Lana? What is it famous for? The big nuclear bomb, right? So they developed the nuclear bomb and they were working on their next project, which was- Fascinating story, by the way.

And they're saying, well, we're looking at multiple ways, but we don't have a solution yet. Then I was at Los Alamos National Lab. And as you recall, the Los Alamos National Lab is famous for what, Lana? What is it famous for? The big nuclear bomb, right? So they developed the nuclear bomb and they were working on their next project, which was- Fascinating story, by the way.

They don't care what organisms are there in the biological bomb. They need to figure out what they are doing, what they are producing, or what they are expressing so they can create antidote for it.

They don't care what organisms are there in the biological bomb. They need to figure out what they are doing, what they are producing, or what they are expressing so they can create antidote for it.

So they spent 10 years developing this technology to figure out how these microbes or these organisms in the biological bomb, what they're going to be expressing, how it's going to interact with the human body so they can protect the citizens. And I'm thinking, hallelujah, that's exactly what I need.

So they spent 10 years developing this technology to figure out how these microbes or these organisms in the biological bomb, what they're going to be expressing, how it's going to interact with the human body so they can protect the citizens. And I'm thinking, hallelujah, that's exactly what I need.

So all I had to do was now get the license to this technology, hire the people who actually worked on the project and build the company. And that's literally what I did. So I got the license to the exclusive perpetual license of technology. The person who was working on it, he became my chief science officer. I brought him on board.

So all I had to do was now get the license to this technology, hire the people who actually worked on the project and build the company. And that's literally what I did. So I got the license to the exclusive perpetual license of technology. The person who was working on it, he became my chief science officer. I brought him on board.

I hired the head of IBM Watson Research, who was developing all the AI. I brought him on board, and then we started VIO. So think about it. From the concept of simply understanding that why my dad had to die, to really going through step by step and looking at this problem. and finding what needed to be done, and then finding the technology and starting a company.

I hired the head of IBM Watson Research, who was developing all the AI. I brought him on board, and then we started VIO. So think about it. From the concept of simply understanding that why my dad had to die, to really going through step by step and looking at this problem. and finding what needed to be done, and then finding the technology and starting a company.