Dillan DiNardo is the Co-Founder & CEO of Mindstate Design Labs. A company focused on developing the next generation of psychedelic - inspired therapeutics for mental health treatment.
Mindstate Design Labs went through the S21 Y Combinator batch. They then went on to raise $11.5M from top investors including Initialized Capital, Empath Ventures, Naval Ravikant, Max Hodak, Fred Ersham & Gary Tan.
Previously Dillan worked in venture investing and spinouts at UPMC Enterprises, the internal venture arm of UPMC. Prior to UPMC Enterprises I was a transaction-focused consultant, covering the full investment life cycle from angel and seed-stage startup funding rounds to Fortune 500 mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.
Timestamps
01:37 Podcast Start
02:52 Why are the smartest people in the world investing in Mindstate Desgin Labs?
06:46 The Biggest Medical Problem Faced By Society
08:17 Treating Depression With Psychedelics
11:16 Are Psychedelics A Treatment Or A Cure?
14:54 Does MDMA burn holes in your brain?
16:42 Safely Adminstering Psychedelic Drugs
18:36 Dillan's Journey To Becoming CEO of Mindstate Design Labs
22:39 Building A Psychedelic Company In A Capitalist Society
24:07 The Thinking Behind Starting Mindstate
31:00 Designer Psychedelics
32:52 What Happens When Psychedelics Research Is Powered By AI, Quantum & Neuralink
35:00 The Anti-Addictive Properties of Psychedelic States
38:18 What is consciousness and is AI sentient?
43:50 Psychedelics as a probing tool to better understand the brain
46:50 Mindstate Design Labs Models Could Improve AI Model Architecture
49:58 Learnings from Y Combinator
53:15 Your Aunt's Friend Will Take Psychedelics Mainstream
56:04 Will Psychedelic Companies Be Acquired By Big Pharma?
01:01:54 Sacrifices on the journey to self actualisation
Dillan:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillandinardo/
https://twitter.com/DillanDiNardo
https://www.mindstate.design/ [ designed & built by my agency, WEBOAF ]
Ollie:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverjallman/