Founders at Work: Alpine Bio

​Establishing plants as the 3rd pillar of biomanufacturing: from idea to product 

​Brief overview: 
This talk explores how plants are emerging alongside microbial fermentation and cell culture as a powerful new platform for biomanufacturing. A founder’s journey will be shared from the spark of an idea inspired by cheese to building a company, highlighting the scientific breakthroughs, entrepreneurial hurdles, and strategic decisions along the way. The talk will also examine the unique advantages of plants as biofactories and the challenges of translating innovation into scalable, market-ready solutions.

About Our Speaker:
Magi Richani is the Founder and CEO of Alpine Bio, a molecular farming company transforming plants into the world's most efficient protein factories. Starting with the production of dairy proteins in plants,  Alpine Bio can produce a variety of complex and functional proteins in a sustainable and affordable way. 

​Magi was named in 2022 as an MIT 35 under 35 Innovator in Climate. She holds a BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Texas Austin and an MS in Engineering & Project Management from UC Berkeley. Prior to founding Alpine Bio, Magi was a Project Engineer at Shell where she worked on managing the engineering, construction and commissioning of several capital projects.