Making Biomanufacturing Great Again

June 30, 2025

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Arye Lipman is the cofounder of Biosphere, a startup that recently raised millions of dollars from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Chris Sacca's Lower Carbon Capital to Unleash Industrial Biomanufacturing at scale. Biosphere is replacing the 1950's steam bioreactor with a modern, UV-enabled design that reduces the capital intensity of biomanufacturing.

Arye joins Brom Rector and Sam Tabone to share how biomanufacturing promises to unlock a new era of global abundance and American sovereignty. We also discuss:  

0:00 - what is biomanufacturing

5:00 - biomanufacturing vs traditional manufacturing

10:00 - how Biosphere's UV bioreactors are 10x better than traditional bioreactors

28:30 - what a 10x cost decrease in biomanufacturing unlocks.

35:00 - can we grow a steak without a cow?

42:00 - how biosphere raised from Founders Fund and Lower Carbon Capital

51:00 - is biomanufacturing "woke climate" or American Dynamism?

55:50 - how Biosphere is working with the DOD


1:07:30 - Trump’s view on biomanufacturing

1:12:00 - Consciousness, dolphins and the CIA

Check our biosphere here: https://www.biosphere.io/

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