Solving Aging in the Age of AI
SOLVING AGING IN THE AGE OF AI
Thursday, August 20, 2026
6:00–11:00 PM
The Fire Pit @ Biopunk House
1153 Bush Street, San Francisco
ABOUT THE EVENT
We need to have a serious conversation about the current state of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, aging research, and how to solve radical longevity.
The Biopunk Community will host its first-ever fireside chat on August 20, 2026. This time, with real fire and burning questions.
Aging remains one of humanity’s greatest unsolved challenges. AI can accelerate biomedical discovery, but discovery is not proof. AI-generated analyses must also be reproducible and translatable.
If an intervention appears to slow or reverse aging, what evidence shows that it changed aging itself, rather than only a biomarker or individual disease? We need to know within a practical timeframe, without waiting 100 to 200 years for lifetime outcomes.
Answering that question requires reproducible computational analyses, laboratory experiments, validation in living systems, and personalized measures that can be repeated and verified for each individual.
The discussion will explore lifespan, healthspan, peakspan, and the path from discovery to evidence to validation.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Founder and Chief Science Officer of the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation. His work focuses on rejuvenation biotechnology and overcoming barriers to the development of therapies capable of extending healthy human life.
https://www.levf.org/aubreydegrey
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UCSF and principal investigator of the Li Lab. His research includes computational biology, gene regulation, cellular aging, and rejuvenation.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/hao.li
Additional speakers will be announced as confirmed.
Like life itself, the speakers, topics, and discussion will evolve to reflect the people who participate and the questions the community brings.
EVENING PROGRAM
6:00–7:00 PM
Networking and refreshments
7:00–7:45 PM
Background and science
7:45–8:00 PM
Initial Q&A
8:00–9:00 PM
Main fireside discussion
9:00–10:00 PM
Open community discussion
10:00–11:00 PM
Closing reception and informal conversations
Final timing and program details remain subject to change.
TICKETS
Biopunk Lab and Biopunk House Members - Free, limited to 40 registrations.
*See Discord or contact a host for the access code.
General Admission - $10
Community Supporter - $25
Public ticket prices are intended primarily to reduce no-shows. The Community Supporter ticket provides the same event access while contributing more toward refreshments, production, and complimentary community reservations.
Request for Sponsors and In-Kind Donations
We are seeking sponsors and in-kind contributions. Relevant support may include AI tokens or compute credits, scientific software access, nonalcoholic refreshments, event services, or organizer-approved samples for attendees.
Contact the event team to support this event or future Biopunk Community programming.
Biopunk Lab and the Biopunk Community strive to support ambitious, alternative, and accessible scientific pursuits in biology.
BIOPUNK COMMUNITY HOSTS
A global open-biotech movement connecting scientist-founders through shared houses, laboratories, community programs, and early-stage support.
A San Francisco live-in biotechnology founder residency, accelerator, and the home of this fireside chat.
An open-access community biolab where scientists, entrepreneurs, students, artists, and independent builders can learn, collaborate, and conduct hands-on biotechnology.
EVENT HOSTS
Biopunk Lab floor lead, co-founder of Biopunk House, and biotechnology entrepreneur focused on expanding access to laboratories, founder communities, and scientific experimentation.
Community Architect of Biopunk House, non-traditional biomedical scientist, and pathogen and sequencing subject-matter expert. He is currently building a startup between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
CEO of AddGraft Therapeutics and a protein biophysicist with experience in biotech R&D, pharmaceutical technical development, and venture capital.
Event coordinator and curator, founder of Cellico.Bio, Biopunk Lab event intern, member of Counter Culture Lab, board VP of Yunes Foundation for Research on Aging, contractor for Edison Scientific, member of the Larry L. Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging Journal Club, citizen of Frontier Tower, and a community mason for Mirai Tech City.
Former projects and experience include AI x Bio hackathon for biology of aging within the ECM, operations manager for Viva Frontier Tower, resident of Vitalist Bay (2025), Georgia Bio intern, research tech in the Peter Walter Lab at UCSF, and more.
Byron developed the central question and is coordinating the speakers, program, sponsorship, and community participation.
Cellico Bio:
https://cellico.bio/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/biobitworks/
THE NEXT STEP: KOBE
Continue the conversation in Kobe, Japan, during Mirai Tech Pop-up City at the Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster.
Mirai Tech City will bring together researchers, founders, builders, investors, and community members working across longevity biotechnology, biomedical innovation, and human augmentation, while strengthening connections between Japan and the United States.
Aubrey de Grey is also scheduled to participate, with additional speakers and communities to be announced.
Mirai Tech City:
https://www.miraitech.city/
Early-bird registration:
https://lu.ma/an4zotn9
Use access code BYRONB for 10% off.
Scheduled events:
https://luma.com/miraitechcity
EVENT GUIDELINES
Tickets are final sale. Unless explicitly announced otherwise, discussions follow the Chatham House Rule. Recording, attribution, and identifiable photography require consent. Full event terms are provided during registration.