Elliot Hershberg
Partner at Amplify Partners
Elliot Hershberg @elliothershberg
Lots of interesting conversation on the evolution of biotech VC the past few days. Risk tolerance has gone way down. A huge emphasis on mitigating “go to zero” risk across portfolios—which is a very different philosophy than tech VC. One argument for this is that tech and https://t.co/ZocH4HQdLj
Jun 26, 2026 · ♥ 161 · ⇄ 17
Elliot Hershberg @elliothershberg
CSHL: AI in Biology https://t.co/xvurSwVtKY Since 1933, @CSHL has hosted an annual Symposium on Quantitative Biology. At first, "quantitative biology" meant the use of chemical, physical, and mathematical techniques. This conference became the Schelling point for the pioneers https://t.co/SKHtIaM0V2
Jun 22, 2026 · ♥ 283 · ⇄ 52
Elliot Hershberg @elliothershberg
Excellent writeup on the intuition behind Waypoint Bio's pooled screening platform. My favorite part: drawing the connection between forward genetics and modern pooled screening. It's the same underlying logic, but now we have the tools to collapse the time to identify signals https://t.co/5UUpG1zJSr
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