Aaron VanDevender, PhD, is Founder and CEO of Methid, a biology automation company applying AI to improve biomedical research and diagnostics. Previously, he served as Chief Scientist at Founders Fund, where he led deep technology investing across quantum computing, synthetic biology, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. Aaron has developed quantum computing and next-generation DNA sequencing technologies and also serves on the boards of Applied Molecular Transport and organ-chip maker Emulate, Inc.