Colossal Biosciences

The Last Word: Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm on Science, Skeptics, and the Sound of a Howl

by | Jun 5, 2025
In one of his first deep interviews since Colossal's dire wolf debut made global noise, Ben Lamm joins the TechStuff podcast to talk mammoths, backlash, and why he's not here to play it safe.
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Who Made This Year’s AI 75 List? Meet the North Texans Leading the Pack in Artificial Intelligence
by | Apr 30, 2025
Dallas Innovates, in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, once again is recognizing the most innovative leaders in AI in Dallas-Fort Worth. From visionaries and mavericks to transformers and academics, AI 75's class of 2025 are the AI pacesetters you need to know now.
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Hear the Howl: Dallas De‑Extinction Company Colossal Biosciences Brings Back Dire Wolf Using Ancient DNA
by | Apr 7, 2025
“Game of Thrones” made them famous, but the prehistoric dire wolves were real—and, according to Colossal Biosciences, have now returned after 12,500 years in what it calls the world’s first successful de-extinction. The work goes beyond headlines: It could change how we save endangered species. Meet Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi in a video—and hear dire wolf howls for the first time in more than 12 millennia.
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Meet the Colossal Woolly Mouse, Created by Dallas-Based ‘Decacorn’ Colossal Biosciences
by | Mar 4, 2025
Before Colossal Biosciences can "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, some small steps are in order. They've now been taken by the Colossal Woolly Mouse—a gene-edited creation with "dramatically altered coat color, texture, and thickness reminiscent of the woolly mammoth’s core phenotypes."
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Dallas’ Colossal Biosciences Becomes Texas’ First Decacorn, Securing $10.2B Valuation With Series C Funding

by | Jan 15, 2025
Best known for its moonshot mission to revive the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has secured $200 million in Series C funding led by TWG Global. The world's first de-extinction company, founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Ben Lamm and renowned Harvard geneticist George Church, Colossal Biosciences is working to restore Earth's lost biodiversity, "making science fiction into science fact."
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Finalists Announced for The Innovation Awards 2025, Presented by D CEO and Dallas Innovates
The Innovation Awards 2025 recognizes 76 companies and trailblazers paving the way for the future of innovation in North Texas. Here's who made the finalists list.
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The Last Word: Re:wild’s Barney Long on Partnering with Dallas-Based Colossal To Save Species Facing Extinction

by | Mar 29, 2024
Long's Austin-based Re:wild and Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences have announced a new partnership to accelerate global efforts "to save species on the brink of extinction, search for lost species, and restore key habitats for species recovery and rewilding."
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Colossal Biosciences Adds Renowned Ancient DNA Expert as Chief Science Officer
by | Mar 19, 2024
Dallas-based Colossal said that in her new role, MacArthur Award winner Beth Shapiro will oversee continued expansion of the company's de-extinction and conservation science teams. The company previously announced plans to "de-extinct" the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and the dodo bird.
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D CEO and Dallas Innovates revealed the winners of the 2024 Innovation Awards at an event on January 24, 2023 held at On the Levee in the Design District.
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D CEO, Dallas Innovates Honor Top Innovators at 2024 Awards
At the annual Innovation Awards event, Dallas Innovates and D CEO revealed the winners in 17 categories and recognized all 74 North Texas finalists.
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Decoding the Attraction: Why These Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs Make Dallas-Fort Worth Home
Nextdoor.com co-founder and recent Dallas-Fort Worth transplant Nirav Tolia puts it simply: “It’s a great place to live.” Here's why Tolia and other dynamic newcomers believe the fast-growing region is a land of opportunity and community for 21st-century pioneers.
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Colossal Partners with Mauritian Wildlife Foundation To ‘Rewild’ the Dodo, as Another Bird Gets a ‘Genetic Rescue’

by | Nov 27, 2023
“The dodo is the symbol of man-caused extinction,” Dallas-based Colossal Co-Founder and CEO Ben Lamm said last January. “It’s only fitting that Colossal works to reverse that.” The newly announced partnership with the MWF could help advance Colossal's efforts by restoring the dodo's natural habitat.
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Here Be Dragons: Colossal Partners with Zoos Victoria To Save Reptile Once Thought Extinct
by | Oct 25, 2023
OK, it may not be as big—or as fire-breathing—as the dragons that swooped over Westeros on "Game of Thrones." But Australia's Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon is every bit as magical for simply hanging in there, decades after many thought it was extinct. Now Texas-based Colossal Biosciences is partnering to help preserve it—and sequence its genome.
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Edge of Extinction: Pioneering Texas Biotech Colossal and BioRescue Race to Save the Northern White Rhino Species
With only two known living female northern white rhinos left, Colossal Biosciences and BioRescue have joined forces to fend off a looming extinction of the species. At the cutting edge of science, they're harnessing genetic technologies to rewrite the rhino's fate.
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Meet the North Texas Cos. on the 2023 TIME100 Most Influential List
by | Jun 21, 2023
Featuring "a diverse group of businesses helping chart an essential path forward," the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list features five companies that are either headquartered in North Texas or have a strong presence here. See who they are—and what they're doing to disrupt the status quo and innovate for the future.
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