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This is an excerpt from Pipettes to Prompts — From Pipettes to Prompts: Reprogramming Science with AI (Part 1/6).
In this episode, host René Bastón, Venture Partner at Covenant Venture Capital, speaks with Yaoyu Yang, Founder & CEO of Cypher AI and former engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks, about his unlikely leap from electrical engineering to biology.
Yaoyu shares how a single class in biology transformed his academic path, leading him from circuits to cell systems, and how curiosity became his strongest career engine.
Tune in for insights on:
Bridging engineering and life sciences
How curiosity fuels scientific breakthroughs
The mindset behind cross-disciplinary innovation
You can connect with our host, René Bastón, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renebaston/
And our guest, Yaoyu Yang, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaoyuyang/
For more information on any of the topics discussed, visit the Hill Research Podcast at: https://www.hillresearch.ai/podcast
