Rodrigo Cortes

Bio-production has an Engineering problem. We’re fixing it by building the automation layer for biologics to scale. Here are a some insights about Anaula from @RoMcLocko at @DiscipulusVent Demo Day in El Segundo.

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Great to present Anaula and talk to laureate scientists and experts in microbiology at the School of Biosystems and Food Engineering at @ucddublin

@arbckle @jared_western @RainmakerCorp @DiscipulusVent Hell yeah, Ethan!! …Gotta work with Western🤠

Proud to have made history with the team at @RainmakerCorp. This spring at @DiscipulusVent, I met @jared_western. Spent two hours at a party with him going deep on waste-to-energy. By the end of the week I knew I was leaving SLC. Since high school I've been obsessed with one question: why can't we turn our waste into cheap fuel? This summer I get to answer it — building the physical intelligence layer at Western Chemicals in El Segundo. Western deploys duckweed to wastewater plants and converts the output into fuel cheaper than trad petrochem processes. Looking for housing in the LA area, ideally close to the refinery. DM if you have leads.

Built this in 7 days in El Segundo All-in cost: <$1,000 Working photobioreactor • sensors, controls, light delivery This is how fast iteration in biomanufacturing can move Now imagine 1 month Now imagine 1 year Autonomous, robot-driven bioreactors coming next We’re Raising

Right there with you! Best place to be.

These guys built an autonomous robotic surgeon in their apartment. I can’t wait to be blown away by what comes next!!

Great morning before last prep day! Thanks everyone for making it happen!

@robeloff @mattcirac @DiscipulusVent @jakobdiepen @KingJamieLee @tamarackglobal @robeloff idk about ‘shreds’ but I’ll take the compliment. Surf sess with impromptu Spanish chat on the water too! Great way to let some steam off before demo day.

@mattcirac @DiscipulusVent @jakobdiepen @KingJamieLee @tamarackglobal @RodrigoCorEst shreds

Little known fact about El Segundo founders - they can walk on water. Last week’s cohort of @DiscipulusVent builders put their physics and judgement skills on display for a pre-demo day liquidity event with fearless leader @jakobdiepen and @KingJamieLee @tamarackglobal. Your move @PalmerLuckey

Anaula (anaula.bio) — Autonomous bio-factories for GLP-1s Helped build Intel's 2nd largest autonomous chip factory. Their reactor cuts GLP-1 production cost in half. Just signed a $4M agreement to build biological drugs. 📩 ruairi@anaula.bio (@RodrigoCorEst)

The @DiscipulusVent Spring Cohort just wrapped up in the 'Gundo. 🇺🇸 Joined by @PalmerLuckey, @isaiah_p_taylor, @ADoricko & more throughout the week. 10 hardtech founders building for the American Interest. Companies below 🧵👇

El Segundo Demo Day yesterday 3 companies to watch out for: > Anaula: bioreactor for pharma APIs and GLP-1s > @jared_western: bioreactor for waste water > @AJA_Cortes: reshoring nitrogen and creatine manufacturing If the US got into a war with China, we'd be out of insulin, statins, antibiotics, Tylenol, etc. in a month Like what happened with masks during COVID Feels like there's an opportunity for a $20M solo GP fund just focused on reshoring pharma and biomanufacturing @jakobdiepen @discipulusvent cooking

@joel_chakra @jakobdiepen @ADoricko @DiscipulusVent @texheavy @fedpoasts Legit the best pitch day I have ever been to. Incredible companies pitched incredibly well.